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New Delhi: In a blow to the Vedanta group, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the the Orissa High Court's 2010 decision of quashing the proceedings initiated by the state government to acquire about 6,000 acres of land to establish a university..
Coming down heavily on the state government, the top court said "undue favour" was given to Vedanta and the entire acquisition proceedings and the benefits, which were proposed by the state government, were "vitiated by favouritism"...
A bench of Justice MR Shah and Justice Krishna Murari also imposed a cost of Rs 5 lakh on the Anil Agarwal Foundation to be deposited with the registrar of the top court within six weeks from Wednesday...
"The manner in which the state government dealt with and acquired agricultural lands belonging to 6,000 families and as it in fact favoured the private limited company, which was subsequently alleged to have been converted to a public company and that too without holding any proper inquiry to the need etc., we are of the opinion that the High Court has rightly entertained the writ petitions including the Public Interest Litigation petitions," the bench said...
The most important aspect, which is required to be considered is the "non-application of mind" by the state government on the environmental aspects and the passing of two rivers through the acquired lands in question, the court said.. "It is not in dispute that through the lands in question two rivers namely 'Nuanai' and 'Nala' are flowing, which as such were acquired by the state government..
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