Kolkata: In wake of the Calcutta High Court holding as unconstitutional the Singur Land Development Act, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said her government was with the farmers and committed to return of land to them.
"Unwilling farmers in Singur will get back their land. The state government is committed to it," Banerjee told reporters in the assembly premises after the high court held the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011 as unconstitutional and void.
The state government had vested the land leased to the Tata Motors for its Nano small car project at Singur.
"We are with them and we will continue to be with them. They will emerge victorious at the end," Banerjee said. ...
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02:20 PM, Jun 22, 2012
Kolkata: In a huge setback to Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Calcutta High Court on Friday held the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011 as unconstitutional and void. Favouring Tata Motors' appeal against a trial court order upholding the Act, the High Court gave the West Bengal government two-months time to appeal before the Supreme Court. The Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act...
11:27 AM, Jun 22, 2012
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01:41 PM, Jun 29, 2011
Singur: The Supreme Court will start hearing the Tata motors petition on Wednesday but back in Singur the Mamata Banerjee government is desperate to start returning land. Bengal government officials have earmarked plots inside the Tata Motors premises for handover to Singur farmers and have identified 12 farmers to whom 3.8 acres land would be returned. MLA and Member of High Powered Committee for Singur Land Return Becharam Manna said,...
07:34 AM, Jun 29, 2011
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday refused to comment on Tata Motors moving the Calcutta High Court against the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, saying it is their "prerogative" and "democratic right" to do so. "They (Tata Motors) have gone to court. They can. It is their prerogative, it is their democratic right. I cannot comment about the court, but land (is) with government. Possession...
07:48 PM, Jun 22, 2011
New Delhi: Tata Motors on Wednesday moved against the West Bengal Government challenging its controversial Singur land bill in the Calcutta High Court. The Bill effectively scrapped the Tata-Singur deal returning land to the unwilling farmers. The Calcutta High Court, however, refused to hear ex-parte Tata Motors' petition challenging the Singur Land Act. Justice Saumitra Pal, while taking up the petition filed by the Tata Motors, directed its counsel Samaraditya...
08:05 AM, Jun 22, 2011
Kolkata: West Bengal government on Tuesday passed the Singur Bill in the Assembly even as the Left voiced protest. Although the Bill has empowered the government to re-acquire the land and redistribute it, it has also raised many questions to which West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has no answers yet. The Left while in agreement with the objective of the bill, differed on crucial points. Differentiating between willing and...
09:04 AM, Jun 15, 2011
Kolkata: The West Bengal cabinet will meet on June 13 to discuss the Singur Bill before it is tabled in the state Assembly, with the draft submitted to the Chief Minister's Office on Saturday, Secretariat sources said. The Bill, being prepared by the Industry Department, would seek to revoke the lease agreement between the Tatas and WBIDC by virtue of which nearly 1,000 acre would be reclaimed by the state...
07:13 PM, Jun 11, 2011
