The West Bengal government will commence its arguments on the petition filed by Tata Motors challenging the Constitutional validity of the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act 2011 before the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday.

As Parliament debates this month it will, hopefully, move beyond issues of corruption in high places to important economic legislation.

The Odisha High Court on Tuesday reserved judgment on a petition seeking quashing of the land acquisition proceedings undertaken for the Posco steel plant proposed to be set up at Paradip in Jagats

A large number of farmers from villages across Delhi participated in a meeting organised by Bhoomi Bachao Andolan at Kanjhawala in North-West Delhi recently. While there was unanimity of opinion that efforts were being made by governments across the country to deprive the farmers of their land and that this practice should be stopped immediately, a number of constructive suggestions were also made, said Andolan convener Bhupinder Rawat.

Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said a Bill on land acquisition that integrated the 1894 Land Acquisition Act and the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act would be introduced in the current session of Parliament and the draft was being circulated to Chief Ministers, leaders of political parties and others for eliciting their opinion.

The Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act 2011 seeks to discriminate between willing and unwilling farmers and is, hence, inconsistent with the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.

The Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act 2011 seeks to discriminate between willing and unwilling farmers and is, hence, inconsistent with the Central Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Tatas’ c