Supreme Court directs Madhya Pradesh govt to settle legal disputes
This direction has been given for the state government to expeditiously settle the legal disputes over execution of long pending projects involving several crore of rupees.
The Supreme Court has directed the Madhya Pradesh government to expeditiously settle the legal disputes over execution of long pending projects involving several crore of rupees.
It also paved way for the hydro power project at Barwaha, Omkareshwar on Narmada river. In a 131-page verdict the court on Wednesday dealt with several issues including that it indicted the public spirited NGO Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) that ‘celebrated’ the fourth anniversary of stoppage of work at the 500MW project.
Disposing of a batch of appeals filed by the state, the hydro project authority and NBA, a bench of justices JM Panchal, Deepak Verma and BS Chauhan also held that acquisition of land does not violate any constitutional or fundamental right of the displaced persons.
However, they are entitled to resettlement and rehabilitation as per the policy framed for the oustees of the concerned project, the top court added.