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Vedanta University land acquisition case in the Supreme Court - Chitta - 04-13-2023
The Supreme court gave its judgment. The whole judgment is at https://images.assettype.com/barandbench/2023-04/b7bb62c9-c825-4410-85ef-1e84243c7c80/Anil_Agarwal_Foundation_Etc_vs_State_of_Orissa_and_ors.pdf . A news item on that is at https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/supreme-court-confirms-quashing-6000-acre-land-acquisition-vedanta-university-odisha . Following is an excerpt.
Quote:Supreme Court confirms quashing of 6,000 acre land acquisition for Vedanta University in Odisha
A bench of Justices MR Shah and Krishna Murari also imposed costs of ₹5 lakh on the appellant, Vedanta's Anil Agarwal Foundation, to be deposited with the Odisha State Legal Services Authority within 6 weeks.
That sounds like the end of the story of this effort. Reading through the judgment, one can see a series of mistakes made by the state government, while trying to do this in a hurry. For a project of this magnitude, and to be done by a controversial company, this should have been done extremely carefully. For that the government needed capable administrators supported by capable lawyers.
RE: Vedanta University land acquisition case in the Supreme Court - Chitta - 06-11-2023
As per https://sambadepaper.com/imageview_56740_186707_4_71_10-06-2023_21_i_1_sf.html various intellectuals have requested the state government to return the acquired land to the people and to Sri Jagannath trust.