K-Rail Silverline – No Illegality in State Invoking LARR Act for Land Acquisition

Case: M.V. Chackochan & Ors v. Union of India & Ors. & connected matters

Coram: Justice N. Nagaresh

Case No.: W.P.(C) No.23554 and 24973 of 2021

Court Observation: “As the Semi High-Speed Railway Line (Silver Line) Project is not declared as a Special Railway Project as defined under Section 2(37-A) of the Railways Act, 1989, the respondents cannot invoke the provisions of the Railways Act, 1989 for land acquisition. In the circumstances, the 2nd respondent is justified in invoking the provisions of the LARR Act, 2013 for the purpose of the proposed Semi High Speed Railway Line (Silver Line) Project.”

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Keywords

LARR Act, Land Acquisition