Urging the restive farmers of Singur not to lose hope, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said she would keep her promise of giving back their land, acquired for a Tata Group plant. ...
12:56 AM, Feb 03, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Tata Motors on a petition of the West Bengal government challenging a Calcutta High Court order that held as unconstitutional its Singur land act to reclaim 400 acres given to the company. A bench of Justice HL Dattu and Justice CK Prasad, however, said the high court's interim order allowing the state government to keep the possession of the land...
01:40 AM, Aug 25, 2012
New Delhi: In a relief for the West Bengal government, Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Calcutta High Court judgement which had struck down Singur act as unconstitutional. The Supreme Court sought response of Tata Motors on a special leave petition filed by the West Bengal government challenging the quashing of the Singur Land Acquisition Act by the state high court. Earlier, the Calcutta High Court had held the Singur...
11:42 AM, Aug 24, 2012
New Delhi: West Bengal government on Monday approached Supreme Court challenging Calcutta High Court order which set aside Singur land acquisition act. The state government in its appeal says Singur act reflects the will of the people. "Singur Act is not in conflict with any central laws," it says. ...
08:42 PM, Aug 06, 2012
Kolkata: The allowance of Rs 1000 per month being paid to farmers of Singur, who had unwillingly parted with their land and not accepted compensation, would be doubled to Rs 2000, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Wednesday. Stating that the farmers might find Rs 1000 per month, being paid by the state government difficult to subsist on, Banerjee said, "It is being doubled to Rs 2000 for...
05:55 PM, Jun 27, 2012
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Monday said it was exploring ways other than legal to transfer land to unwilling farmers in Singur days after the Calcutta High Court struck down the Singur land act, while a state minister said he favoured talks with the Tatas to break the impasse. "By keeping the legal path open we are also pondering if there is any other way to resolve the Singur...
05:23 AM, Jun 26, 2012
Kolkata: A day after the Calcutta High Court struck down the law undoing Singur land acquisition, the Mamata Banerjee government on Saturday kickstarted a damage control exercise, calling a meeting of a virtually defunct panel that had played a key role in the movement against farmland acquisition. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, several of her cabinet colleagues and intellectuals attended the meeting of the "Krishi Jami Jibon Jibika Rakha Committee" (Save...
03:12 AM, Jun 24, 2012
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 said in the assembly premises after the high court held the Singur Land Rehabilitation...
04:29 AM, Jun 23, 2012
Mumbai: Tata Motors on Friday said it will study the Calcutta High Court verdict that held as 'unconstitutional' an Act under which the West Bengal government had vested land at Singur leased to the auto major. "Tata Motors will study the judgement of the Calcutta High Court," a company spokesperson said. In a setback to the Mamata Banerjee-led government, the High Court on Friday held as unconstitutional and void the...
02:59 AM, Jun 23, 2012
Kolkata: In a setback for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Calcutta High Court on Friday declared null and void the controversial Singur Land Act of 2011. The law was enacted to reacquire land initially allotted to Tata Motors for the Nano project. However, despite the setback, Banerjee says she is committed to returning land to the farmers. There seems no end to the woes of the Trinamool Congress...
09:40 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
Kolkata: The verdict on Tata Motors' appeal against a trial court order upholding the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act 2011 will be pronounced on Friday by the Calcutta High Court. Tata Motors had challenged the order of the single bench of the Calcutta High Court which had upheld the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011, by which the West Bengal government vested the land leased to the company...
08:36 AM, Jun 22, 2012
Dankuni: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wishes to set up a factory at 600 acres of land in Singur-the site of abandoned Tata Nano car plant, even as she on Monday attacked the central government for not providing West Bengal the much needed financial aid. "We had already acquired the land in Singur. But the matter is sub-judice right now. But after we get the verdict we would like a factory...
04:30 AM, May 29, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister on Saturday described her first year in office as a success story barring her failure to return land taken from unwilling farmers for the Tata Motors project. "Our only disappointment is the inability to return the land to the unwilling farmers of Singur. As the matter is sub-judice, we cannot give back the land. This is the biggest pain and disappointment that I have," Banerjee...
02:28 AM, May 20, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday described as a "historic verdict" the Calcutta High Court's order upholding validity of the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act 2011 by which West Bengal government vested the land leased to Tata Motors Limited. "Today's verdict is historic verdict. Agitation of the farmers in Singur has not only shown the path to other parts of India, but also to the whole...
01:48 PM, Sep 28, 2011
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court is expected to pronounce its verdict on a plea filed by Tata Motors challenging the constitutional validity of the Singur Land rehabilitation act. The Supreme Court, on an appeal from Tata Motors, had stayed distribution of the land of the disputed factory site until further orders from the High Court. The judgement is scheduled to be passed at 10:30 am by the court of Justice...
07:49 AM, Sep 28, 2011
Kolkata: West Bengal government on Thursday told the Calcutta High Court that return of acquired land to unwilling farmers is in public interest and defines such farmers as those who do not accept the compensation awarded in return for their land. Hearing the Tata Motors Ltd's petition challenging the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011, Justice IP Mukerji asked the government if return of the acquired land was for...
06:15 PM, Aug 18, 2011
Tonight at 10, Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts will driving out Tatas spell doom for West Bengal.
01:41 PM, Jun 29, 2011
New Delhi: Supreme Court directed West Bengal government on Wednesday not to return the lands to the farmers till further orders from the Calcutta High Court. Tata Motors' lawyer Mukul Rohatgi said, "The SC has directed in favour of Tata Motors, land will not be returned till further orders by the High Court. The state govt can not return land to the farmers. Interim Protection will continue, the High Court...
11:31 AM, 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
