Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
---|---|
e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Land Acquisition Act 1894 : Land acquisition – Payment of additional compensation of 64.7% to farmers – |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case(s) Referred | Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1 Referred Case 2 Referred Case 3 Referred Case 4 Referred Case 5 Referred Case 6 Referred Case 7 |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Allowed |
Headnote | Land Acquisition Act, 1894 : Land acquisition – Payment of additional compensation of 64.7% to farmers –State of Uttar Pradesh acquired vast area of land for the benefit of Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority-YEIDA – YEIDA allotted plots to various allottees including respondent no.1 – On the same line, the State acquired land for the benefit of NOIDA – As regards the NOIDA acquisition the High Court in Gajraj case directed payment of additional compensation of 64.7% to the farmers and the same was confirmed in Savitri Devi’s case – As a result, the YEIDA farmers raised the demand for additional compensation – On account of the agitation by farmers, the development work stopped on the acquired land – In view thereof, constitution of High-Level committee which recommended for the payment of 64.7% additional amount as “no litigation incentive” to the farmers and for its reimbursement from the allottees in the appropriate proportion – State Government accepted the same and issued a Government Order – Pursuant thereto, additional demand notices issued to various allottees including respondent no.1 – Challenge to – High Court held the policy of the State Government asking for additional sum from allottees as unfair and unreasonable – On appeal, held: Policy decision of the State Government and the Resolution of the Board of YEIDA were in the larger public interest, taking care of the concerns of the allottees as well as the farmers – Had the said decision not been taken, there were chances of the acquisition being declared unlawful – Development of the entire project was stalled on account of farmers’ agitation – Before taking the policy decision, the State Government, through the Committee constituted, had done a wide range of deliberations with all the stakeholders including the allottees, farmers and YEIDA – Policy decision was taken after taking into consideration all relevant factors and was guided by reasons – In case of a conflict between public interest and personal interest, public interest would outweigh the personal interest – Thus, the High Court not justified in holding that the policy decision of the State as unfair, unreasonable and arbitrary – Order passed by the High Court quashed and set aside – Policy decision. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai |
Neutral Citation | 2022 INSC 594 |
Petitioner | Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority Etc. |
Respondent | Shakuntla Education And Welfare Society & Ors. Etc. |
SCR | [2022] 5 S.C.R. 1034 |
Judgement Date | 2022-05-19 |
Case Number | 4178 |
National Digital Library of India (NDLI) is a virtual repository of learning resources which is not just a repository with search/browse facilities but provides a host of services for the learner community. It is sponsored and mentored by Ministry of Education, Government of India, through its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT). Filtered and federated searching is employed to facilitate focused searching so that learners can find the right resource with least effort and in minimum time. NDLI provides user group-specific services such as Examination Preparatory for School and College students and job aspirants. Services for Researchers and general learners are also provided. NDLI is designed to hold content of any language and provides interface support for 10 most widely used Indian languages. It is built to provide support for all academic levels including researchers and life-long learners, all disciplines, all popular forms of access devices and differently-abled learners. It is designed to enable people to learn and prepare from best practices from all over the world and to facilitate researchers to perform inter-linked exploration from multiple sources. It is developed, operated and maintained from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
Learn more about this project from here.
NDLI is a conglomeration of freely available or institutionally contributed or donated or publisher managed contents. Almost all these contents are hosted and accessed from respective sources. The responsibility for authenticity, relevance, completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability of these contents rests with the respective organization and NDLI has no responsibility or liability for these. Every effort is made to keep the NDLI portal up and running smoothly unless there are some unavoidable technical issues.
Ministry of Education, through its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT), has sponsored and funded the National Digital Library of India (NDLI) project.
Sl. | Authority | Responsibilities | Communication Details |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education |
Sanctioning Authority | https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives |
2 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project | https://www.iitkgp.ac.in |
3 | National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project | Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in |
4 | Project PI / Joint PI | Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project |
Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon |
5 | Website/Portal (Helpdesk) | Queries regarding NDLI and its services | support@ndl.gov.in |
6 | Contents and Copyright Issues | Queries related to content curation and copyright issues | content@ndl.gov.in |
7 | National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club) | Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach | clubsupport@ndl.gov.in |
8 | Digital Preservation Centre (DPC) | Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books | dpc@ndl.gov.in |
9 | IDR Setup or Support | Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops | idr@ndl.gov.in |