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State
biggest land grabber, says apex court
Tuesday July 05, 2011 06:13:02 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Supreme
Court Tuesday said that the state was the biggest land grabber,
depriving farmers of their livelihood for generations.
The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice A.K.
Ganguly said that farmers' lands were being acquired in the name
of public interest and being given to builders to construct luxury
houses, which had nothing to do with the requirement of the common
man.
The court made the comment during the hearing on a batch of
petitions by a number of builders challenging the Allahabad High
Court verdict that quashed the takeover of land in three villages
of Shahberi, Surajpur and Gulistanpur in Uttar Pradesh's Greater
Noida. The land was taken over by invoking emergency provisions of
the Land Acquisition Act.
Justice Singhvi said farmers deprived of livelihood after the
acquisition of their lands were left with two options - either to
live in slums or to take recourse to criminal activities which we
get to witness everyday.
The hearing would continue Wednesday.
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