#SupremeCourt seeks Centre’s reply on Land Acquisition Ordinance

The Supreme Court on Thursday has asked for the Centre’s reply on a fresh plea of farmers’ organisations challenging the legality of re-promulgation of the Land Acquisition Ordinance.

A bench comprising Justices J S Khehar and Adarsh Kumar Goel asked the central government to file its response to the Public Interest Litigation, filed by farmers body, Delhi Grameen Samaj, in four weeks.

The NDA government had recently re-promulgated the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015, after it lapsed on June 4. The ordinance was first promulgated in December last year, re-promulgated in April this year and again in May.