Land

The Goa Land Use (Regulation) (Amendment) Bill, 2024

In order to use tenanted land for setting up of projects for community or public purpose, the Goa government has introduced the Goa Land Use (Regulation) Bill, 2024 seeking amendment to Section 3 of Goa Land Use (Regulation) Act, 1991 so as to specify in the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation And Rese

Publication Date: 
05/02/2024
Government of Goa
Tags:
Land Use, Land Acquisition, Goa, Rehabilitation
Industry

Performance audit on role of Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) in the industrial development of Maharashtra

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has flagged several issues in the functioning of the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) in its report, highlighting unutilised industrial plots, systemic delays in implementation of land rates, undue concessions being granted to allottees, direct allotment of plots to ineligi

Publication Date: 
20/12/2023
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Tags:
Industry, Development, Maharashtra, Land Acquisition
Environment

Standing firm the land and environmental defenders on the frontlines of the climate crisis

At least 177 land and environmental defenders around the world were killed last year, taking the total number of defenders killed between 2012 and 2022 to 1,910, according to this new report by Global Witness.

Publication Date: 
13/09/2023
Global Witness
Tags:
Environmental Security, Land Acquisition, Mining, Human Rights, India, Global
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the proposal to fell 938 trees to build a bridge over river Shali, Bankura district, West Bengal, 17/08/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Nirmal Kumar Singha Vs The State of West Bengal & Others dated 17/08/2023.

Judgement Date: 
17/08/2023
Tags:
Deforestation, Land Acquisition, Bridges, River, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Bankura (D), West Bengal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Industry

Neyveli Lignite Corporation directed by Madras High Court to pay Rs 40,000 per acre to farmers for crops damaged, 02/08/2023

The Madras High Court directed the Neyveli Lignite Corporation to pay compensation at the rate of Rs 40,000 per acre to farmers whose standing crops were damaged during Paravanar Canal Diversion activities at Valayamadevi in Cuddalore district.

Judgement Date: 
02/08/2023
Tags:
Neyveli STPS, Land Acquisition, Tamil Nadu, High Court, Cuddalore, Compensation, Farmers, Land Ownership
Forests

Order of the High Court of Meghalaya regarding felling of trees in Shillong to make way for the Shillong-Dawki Road Project, 11/07/2023

Order of the High Court of Meghalaya in the matter of Kaustav Paul Vs State of Meghalaya & Others dated 11/07/2023.

The matter related to felling of trees in Shillong to make way for the Shillong-Dawki Road Project. The Shillong-Dawki Road Project under Japanese funding is divided in five packages.

The PIL filed by Kaustav Paul pertains to felling of trees in Shillong as part of package I of the entire project.

Judgement Date: 
11/07/2023
Tags:
Roads, Deforestation, Trees, Shillong, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), High Court, Land Acquisition, Meghalaya
Environment

Decade of defiance: ten years of reporting land and environmental activism worldwide

More than 1,700 murders of environmental activists were recorded over the past decade, an average of a killing nearly every two days, according to this new report by the Global Witness.

Publication Date: 
29/09/2022
Global Witness
Tags:
Environmental Security, Human Rights, Land Acquisition, India, Global
Land

Affidavit filed by the District Collector, Pathanamthitta on the category of land marked for construction of a pilgrim centre, Ittiyappara, Kerala, 10/06/2022

Affidavit filed by the District Collector, Pathanamthitta in the matter of Ibrahim Karim Vs State of Kerala & Others.

A case was filed against the construction of Sabariamala Pilgrim Centre Complex in Ranni, Ittiyappara stating that the work site comes under the category of wetland.

At present, the land appears filled and the KSRTC bus stand has been functioning along the southern side of the land, the report said.

Judgement Date: 
10/06/2022
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Wetlands, Pathanamthitta (D), Kerala, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Religious Places
Land

Affidavit filed by the Public Works Department, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on the construction of a pilgrim centre and bus station, Ittiyappara, Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, 10/06/2022

Affidavit filed by the Superintending Engineer, Public Works Department, Thiruvananthapuram, Government of Kerala in Original Application No. 128 of 2021 (Ibrahim Karim Vs State of Kerala & Others).

The matter related to construction of a pilgrim centre and Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus station, Ittiyappara, proposed by the Pazhangadi panchayat in Ranni, Pathanamthitta district in 2000.

Judgement Date: 
10/06/2022
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Wetlands, Pathanamthitta (D), Kerala, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Religious Places, Transport
Land

Guidelines for the development of curricula on land governance in Africa

The Guidelines for the Development of Curricula on Land Governance in Africa have been developed by the African Land Policy Centre (formerly the Land Policy Initiative) in order to “Build adequate human, financial, technical capacities to support land policy development and implementation” in accordance with the African Union (AU) Declaration on

Publication Date: 
01/06/2022
African Land Policy Centre
Tags:
Land Tenure, Land Acquisition, Governance, Climate Change, Conflicts, Africa

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