Meira Kumar entitled to compensation for land acquired by government, says Patna High Court
The Patna High Court ruled that former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is entitled to compensation for land previously acquired by the Bihar government. The court quashed a District Collector's order that had attempted to unilaterally cancel decades-old land records.
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Protects property rights and enforces legal compensation mandates under land acquisition and rehabilitation laws.
Meira Kumar entitled to compensation for land acquired by government, says Patna High Court left Meira Kumar addressing a press conference. File Ranjeet Kumar Ranjeet Kumar https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/jw4wd0/article71608824.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/IMG_MEIRA_KUMAR_2_1_QPD0I3A6.jpg RANJEET KUMAR PATNA , BIHAR, 08/07/2017: Opposition Presidential candidate Meira Kumar addressing a press conference at Sadaqat Ashram in Patna on July 08, 2017. Photo: Ranjeet Kumar Justice Khatim Reza, in an order on October 6, quashed the District Collector’s order that had attempted to seize Patna land by unilaterally cancelling the family’s 60-year-old land records PATNA The Patna High Court has delivered a verdict in favour of former Lok Sabha Speaker and former Deputy Prime Minister Jagjivan Ram’s daughter, Meira Kumar ordering that she was entitled to compensation for the land acquired by the Bihar government.
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