Supreme Court of India

State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr v. Medha Patkar & Ors.

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Reported as [2011] 9 S.C.R. 664
Bench J.M. Panchal, Deepak Verma and Dr. B.S. Chauhan JJ.
Decided 2 August 2011

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LAND ACQUISITION: Acquisition of land to set up canals - Compensation - 'Canal affected persons' - After construction of Indira Sagar Project and Omkareshwar Dam, land acquired for setting up canals - Writ petition claiming full benefits of Rehabilitation 0 and Resettlement Policy framed for Narmada Valley Projects, for canal affected persons also - Held: This Court in Narmada Bachao Ando/an-I has held that 'canal affected persons' cannot be put at par with 'submergence affected persons' - It was not permissible for the High Court to take a contrary view - The definition of 'oustee' under the

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