Wednesday, September 28, 2011: As a huge victory for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act was today upheld by the Calcutta High Court.
The Act was constitutional and valid, said the High Court. It said the act provided sufficient public purpose. Court stayed the judgement till November 2 for allowing anyone aggrieved with the order an opportunity to appeal.
The court appointed Hooghly DM and SP as special officers to oversee
smooth transfer of land from Tatas to West Bengal government in two
months.
Banerjee in October 2006 launched an agitation against the
construction of the Singur plant of Tata Motors. On December 4 2006, she
went on an indefinite strike.
The Tatas can claim compensation for damages, if any, before the
district judge who would have to give a decision within six months, the
court said.
Tata Motors, which was forced to rule out the Singur plant that was
built for making of its car Nano, had challenged the constitutional
validity of the act.
The Tatas are likely to go to higher courts in the case, sources said.
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