Bombay High Court dismisses Godrej’s plea against land acquisition; Paving the way for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project
The company and the government have been embroiled in a legal dispute since 2019 over the acquisition of company-owned land in Mumbai’s Vikhroli area for the bullet train project.
The state government had earlier informed the court that it has already deposited the compensation amount of Rs 264 crore given to the company in October last year.
Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited had filed a petition challenging an order dated September 15, 2022, passed by the Maharashtra government for land acquisition for the bullet train project.
It had termed the land acquisition proceedings initiated by the state government as “illegal” and claimed that there were “many more patent illegalities”.
However, the high court bench said it did not find any illegality in the compensation or the proceedings initiated by the authorities.
“The project is of national importance and is in public interest. We do not find any illegality in the compensation. It is the overriding collective interest which shall prevail and not private interest,” the court said.
The company has not made out any case for the court to exercise its powers and hence no interference is required.
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