The plea by Godrej and Boyce before the High Court had challenged an award of compensation passed on September 15, 2022 by the Deputy Collector for acquiring the company’s land after awarding compensation of ₹264 crores.
The application by the company had claimed that the entire proceedings initiated in 2019 for land acquisition had lapsed in 2020 and, hence, the award passed by the officer was void ab initio.
The company had challenged the amendment to the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, after which the bullet train project had been made exempt from any social impact assessment to be carried out by experts.
Source: Barandbench
