Godrej & Boyce refuse to land over land to the State Government

Last week, a division bench of Justices R D Dhanuka and S G Dige said it would begin hearings for the petition filled by the state government regarding land acquisition from Godrej & Boyce from 5th December 2022. The state government and the company have been embroiled in a bitter court battle since 2019 regarding a piece of land located in Vikhroli. In its petition, the state government says they have been to acquire all land parcels barring this one for the purpose of constructing the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor, thereby insinuating that the company is intentionally delaying their project.

The ambitious bullet train project has been designed to connect the two cities of Mumbai and Ahmedabad via a 21 kilometres long rail track created underground. As per the approved designs, the track is to begin in Vikhroli in a plot of land belonging to the company Godrej and Boyce. In 2018 the State Government issued a notice to acquire almost 40,000sq km of land by direct private negotiations under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.

Earlier this year the Bombay High Court allowed Godrej and Boyce to challenge the 264-crore rupee compensation offered by the State Government in exchange for a ten-hectare plot of land. The company is alleging that the entire approach undertaken by the state government to acquire the land has been illegal and in bad law, even mentioning that the initial compensation amount agreed upon has now been significantly reduced. The state government and NHSRCL on the other hand are accusing the company of causing unnecessary hurdles thereby delaying the project.

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