Over 50 activists from across the country, who had embarked on a 70-day ‘Respect the Constitution Yatra’ from Dandi on October 2, on Thursday said that the constitutional rights of the people are being trampled upon ever since the BJP government assumed power at the centre. Read more
Courtesy: The New Indian Express
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court on Thursday decided that it would start final hearing from October 12 on petitions challenging the state government’s notification for land acquisition for the ambitious Bullet train project.
A bench of Chief Justice R S Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi also issued notice to the Centre, the state government and other concerned authorities in response to 30 new petitions filed by farmers from Navsari, Surat and Bharuch districts. They have objected to the land acquisition process and insisted that the land acquisition process should have been initiated according to the provisions of the 2013 central act, and not under the amended law by Gujarat government. Read more
Courtesy: The Times of India
Officials of Japan International Cooperation Agency, which is partially funding the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, have agreed to meet farmers opposing land acquisition, reported PTI. Anand Yagnik, a lawyer representing the protesting farmers, on Wednesday said, “The JICA today formally acknowledged in a written communication that it has received the petition, and stated that soon it will arrange a meeting between JICA officials and farmers.” Read more
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“If the secretaries have not contacted the District Mineral Foundation despite the specific order to that effect, the director of the village panchayat has adequate power to issue disciplinary action. The director of village panchayat will accordingly issue necessary instructions to the secretaries of village panchayats to immediately contact the District Mineral Foundation with the information,” the court stated. The counsel for the petitioner stated that some villages are supplied with water, but water tanks are situated at one place alone and distribution is not equitable. The counsel for the petitioner stated that the tanks be distributed in the villages and distribution of water be equitable. Read more
Courtesy: The Times of India
“Today, we are faced with a peculiar problem. Lions are dying. There seems to be some kind of virus. We do not know. It is coming in newspapers. You find it out,” a Supreme Court bench headed by justice Madan B Lokur told additional solicitor general ANS Nadkarni. Read more
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