Nearly two-thirds of litigation before the Supreme Court from 1950-2016 sought more compensation, according to an analysis of 1,269 cases by its Land Rights Initiative. "The process of land acquisition in India has been the source of increasing political and legal contestation for almost 200 years," Namita Wahi, director of the Land Rights Initiative, said at the report's release on Thursday. India's Land Acquisition Act of 2013 replaced a colonial-era law, providing higher compensation as well as resettlement. But states say the law slows land acquisition for projects. "Legal reform is a necessary but not a sufficient precondition for ensuring greater equity and efficiency of the land acquisition process," Wahi said.

Source: dna March 02, 2017 18:56 UTC