Greater Noida Land Acquisition

Over 50 people were charged on Monday for rioting and assaulting policemen and a sub-divisional magistrate during a land acquisition drive for the upcoming Jewar airport in Greater Noida, the police said.

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Delhi government to release Rs 1,000 crore, out of its pending share of Rs 3,577.52 crore, as cost of land acquisition for eastern and western peripheral expressways aimed at de-congesting traffic in the national capital.

Lakhs of apartment owners can breathe easy after the Supreme Court today ended the uncertainty over land acquisition in more than 60 villages in Greater Noida. The top court on Thursday dismissed petitions filed by both farmers of the region, as well as the Greater Noida authority. Meanwhile, the farmers of the region have said they may be left wit...

A Division Bench comprising justices Sunil Ambwani and Aditya Nath Mittal while asking the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) to "return the land" in Surajpur village under Dadri Pargana of the district to the petitioners, also ruled that they shall be "entitled to receive Rs 25,000 each as costs of litigation".

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed with the Allahabad High Court which said 156 hectares in the Shaberi Village in Greater Noida had been taken from farmers for industrial projects, but was actually being sold to commercial developers for high-profitable apartment complexes. The SC also imposed a cost of Rs 10 lakh on the Greater Noida Indust...

In a setback for the Uttar Pradesh government in the Greater Noida land row, the court has ordered the return of land to farmers in three villages - Deola, Shahberi and Asadallapur.

The fate of housing projects on nearly 5000 hectares of land in the National Capital Region (NCR) hangs in balance as the Allahabad High Court is scheduled to give its verdict today on the 491 petitions against land acquisitions in Noida and Greater Noida.

A day after Greater Noida administration and farmers of Patwari village reached a consensus on the land acquisition issue, farmers from about 20 nearby villages on Sunday termed the settlement a "conspiracy" and demanded that the enhanced compensation agreed upon be doubled.The farmers organised a meeting in Milak Lachhi village and passed a resolu...

The Greater Noida authority and agitating farmers of Patwari village in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday amicably settled issues related to land acquisition, with the administration raising the compensation rate, an official said.The Greater Noida authority has agreed to pay an additional compensation of Rs.550 per square metre to the agitating farmers, o...

The Allahabad High Court hearing on petitions challenging acquisitions of over 1,000 hectares in two villages of Greater Noida -- the Bisra Jalalpur and Roza Yakubpu has been adjourned till July 26. The land in both the villages was acquired in 2008 and more than eight developers will be affected by today's court verdict.developers will be affected...

Even as Rahul Gandhi took up the farmers' fight to save their land land against Mayawati's land acquisition plans, the Supreme Court struck down the acquisition of 156 hectares in Noida extension as illegal.The Supreme Court agreed with the Allahabad High Court which said 156 hectares in the Shaberi Village in Greater Noida had been taken from farm...

The Supreme Court today slammed the authorities for taking advantage of the "colonial law" on land acquisition to divest farmers of their prime agricultural land benefitting the rich and paying "pittance" to common men.The apex court said a "sinister campaign" has been launched by various state governments to take advantage of the law against the p...

In a stern warning to the Mayawati government for acquiring prime agricultural land to benefit builders, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will step in if this continued as it did not want "more Nandigrams" in other states."We will not keep our eyes closed. You take it (agricultural land) from one side and give it to the other. This has to go an...

A few weeks after UPA General Secretary Rahul Gandhi alleged that women had been raped by Uttar Pradesh policemen during the Bhatta-Parsaul agitation, a media report said the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) found no evidence of rape.Now, an embarrassed government says they have reservations about the NHRC report."I don't want to comment on ...

The Allahabad High Court has stayed land acquisition proceedings in Bisrakh Jalalpur and Devla villages of Greater Noida.Thirty two hectares of land was being acquired in these villages and sold to private builders for apartments. Farmers from the area had petitioned against the acquisition.The court will hear the matter in July. For now, it has is...

Over 50 people were charged on Monday for rioting and assaulting policemen and a sub-divisional magistrate during a land acquisition drive for the upcoming Jewar airport in Greater Noida, the police said.

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Delhi government to release Rs 1,000 crore, out of its pending share of Rs 3,577.52 crore, as cost of land acquisition for eastern and western peripheral expressways aimed at de-congesting traffic in the national capital.

Lakhs of apartment owners can breathe easy after the Supreme Court today ended the uncertainty over land acquisition in more than 60 villages in Greater Noida. The top court on Thursday dismissed petitions filed by both farmers of the region, as well as the Greater Noida authority. Meanwhile, the farmers of the region have said they may be left wit...

A Division Bench comprising justices Sunil Ambwani and Aditya Nath Mittal while asking the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) to "return the land" in Surajpur village under Dadri Pargana of the district to the petitioners, also ruled that they shall be "entitled to receive Rs 25,000 each as costs of litigation".

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed with the Allahabad High Court which said 156 hectares in the Shaberi Village in Greater Noida had been taken from farmers for industrial projects, but was actually being sold to commercial developers for high-profitable apartment complexes. The SC also imposed a cost of Rs 10 lakh on the Greater Noida Indust...

In a setback for the Uttar Pradesh government in the Greater Noida land row, the court has ordered the return of land to farmers in three villages - Deola, Shahberi and Asadallapur.

The fate of housing projects on nearly 5000 hectares of land in the National Capital Region (NCR) hangs in balance as the Allahabad High Court is scheduled to give its verdict today on the 491 petitions against land acquisitions in Noida and Greater Noida.

A day after Greater Noida administration and farmers of Patwari village reached a consensus on the land acquisition issue, farmers from about 20 nearby villages on Sunday termed the settlement a "conspiracy" and demanded that the enhanced compensation agreed upon be doubled.The farmers organised a meeting in Milak Lachhi village and passed a resolu...

The Greater Noida authority and agitating farmers of Patwari village in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday amicably settled issues related to land acquisition, with the administration raising the compensation rate, an official said.The Greater Noida authority has agreed to pay an additional compensation of Rs.550 per square metre to the agitating farmers, o...

The Allahabad High Court hearing on petitions challenging acquisitions of over 1,000 hectares in two villages of Greater Noida -- the Bisra Jalalpur and Roza Yakubpu has been adjourned till July 26. The land in both the villages was acquired in 2008 and more than eight developers will be affected by today's court verdict.developers will be affected...

Even as Rahul Gandhi took up the farmers' fight to save their land land against Mayawati's land acquisition plans, the Supreme Court struck down the acquisition of 156 hectares in Noida extension as illegal.The Supreme Court agreed with the Allahabad High Court which said 156 hectares in the Shaberi Village in Greater Noida had been taken from farm...

The Supreme Court today slammed the authorities for taking advantage of the "colonial law" on land acquisition to divest farmers of their prime agricultural land benefitting the rich and paying "pittance" to common men.The apex court said a "sinister campaign" has been launched by various state governments to take advantage of the law against the p...

In a stern warning to the Mayawati government for acquiring prime agricultural land to benefit builders, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will step in if this continued as it did not want "more Nandigrams" in other states."We will not keep our eyes closed. You take it (agricultural land) from one side and give it to the other. This has to go an...

A few weeks after UPA General Secretary Rahul Gandhi alleged that women had been raped by Uttar Pradesh policemen during the Bhatta-Parsaul agitation, a media report said the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) found no evidence of rape.Now, an embarrassed government says they have reservations about the NHRC report."I don't want to comment on ...

The Allahabad High Court has stayed land acquisition proceedings in Bisrakh Jalalpur and Devla villages of Greater Noida.Thirty two hectares of land was being acquired in these villages and sold to private builders for apartments. Farmers from the area had petitioned against the acquisition.The court will hear the matter in July. For now, it has is...