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- The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation challenging the legality of the June 13 final notification for acquiring around 518 acres for the Bidadi township project near Bengaluru.
- The petitioner argued that since compensation is being offered under the 2013 land acquisition law, all its safeguards, including a Social Impact Assessment, should apply even though the acquisition is under the Karnataka Urban Development Act, 1987.
- The court rejected this contention but clarified that its order does not express any opinion on other issues related to the notifications.
- The dismissal comes amid reports that farmers have been protesting the acquisition of lands for the proposed 9,600-acre Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township for over 500 days.
What to watch next
- Whether affected landowners pursue separate legal challenges on grounds the court left undecided, such as the social impact assessment.
- How the court's clarification that it expressed no opinion on other issues shapes future litigation over the remaining notifications.
- The continuation or escalation of the farmers' protest against the land acquisition.
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Named India · Bidadi · Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township (GBIT) · Kampalapura village · Karnataka Urban Development Act (KUDA), 1987 · Mysuru district · Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Act, 2013 · High Court of Karnataka · K.S. Hemalekha · Rajesh Kampalapura Basavanna · Vibhu Bakhru
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