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Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Supreme Court Transfers Case to High Court for Enhanced Monitoring (09 August 2012)

Date of the Judgment: 09 August 2012 Citation: 2012 INSC 478 Judges: S.H. Kapadia, CJI, A.K. Patnaik, J., Swatanter Kumar, J. Can a public interest litigation concerning a major industrial disaster be effectively managed by the Supreme Court, or is it better handled by a High Court with closer jurisdictional ties? The Supreme Court of […]

Supreme Court clarifies compensation for forest land acquisition under KUZALR Act: Rajiv Sarin & Anr. vs. State of Uttarakhand & Ors. (09 August 2011)

August 9, 2011 / Anil R. Dave, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law with Article 14, Constitutional Law with Article 300A, Fundamental Rights, Indian Forest Act, 1927, Indian Forest Act, 1927 with Section 37, Indian Forest Act, 1927 with Section 84, Judges, K. S. Radhakrishnan, Kumaun and Uttarakhand Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1960, KUZALR Act with Section 18(1)(cc), KUZALR Act with Section 19(1)(b), KUZALR Act with Section 4-A, Mukundakam Sharma, S.H. Kapadia, Swatanter Kumar

Date of the Judgment: 09 August 2011 Citation: Rajiv Sarin & Anr. vs. State of Uttarakhand & Ors. (2011) INSC 477 Judges: S.H. Kapadia, CJI, Dr. Mukundakam Sharma, J, K. S. Radhakrishnan, J, Swatanter Kumar, J, Anil R. Dave, J. Can the government acquire private forest land without providing compensation simply because the owner did

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