BackSC dismisses land owners’ plea for compensation by Reliance Gas
The land acquired by Reliance Gas was used for laying pipelines to transport gas from the Krishna-Godavari basin to Gujarat
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed appeals by more than 50 land owners of Surat alleging that Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Gas Transportation and Infrastructure Ltd had not adequately compensated them for land acquisition.
The land acquired by the company was used for laying pipelines to transport gas from the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin to Gujarat.
The appeals had challenged the constitutional validity of the Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 1962 and claimed that the compensation provisions in the act were arbitrary.
It was contended that under “the difference between acquisition of the land and acquisition of the right to use the land was a statutory fiction created only with a view to intentionally reduce the compensation which should be paid to the land owner."
The farmers had also asked the court to issue directions to the Centre to rehabilitate them adequately by allotting alternative plots.
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