Srinagar, Sept 02: High Court has affirmed that the land acquisition notification under the Land Acquisition Act of former J&K State will persist in its application for acquiring land for public purposes.
The Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice N Kotiswar Singh and Justice M A Chowdhary, has resolved the matter in an appeal lodged by aggrieved landowners who sought compensation for their land acquisition for the construction of the Semi Ring Road under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act (RFCTLARR Act), which was extended to J&K UT through the J&K Re-Organisation Act 2019.
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