HC upholds validity of amendments to land acquisition law for specified projects
The Hindu
They pertain to exempting application of certain provisions of the main Act of 2013
The High Court of Karnataka has upheld the Constitutional validity of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Karnataka Amendment) Act, 2019, which makes easier the process of acquisition of land for specified projects by exempting application of certain provisions of the main Act of 2013.
The 2019 amendments made by the Karnataka legislature are neither arbitrary nor violative of the Article 21 of the Constitution of India, the High Court held.
A Division Bench comprising Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Hemant Chandangoudar passed the order while allowing appeals filed by S. Jalaja, the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board and others questioning an interim order passed by a judge in 2017.