New Delhi: A larger bench of the Supreme Court will hear on Friday matters relating to land acquisition following a “judicial disagreement” over decisions of two different three-judge benches in the award of compensation to those whose lands were acquired for development projects. Two two-judge benches of the apex court on Thursday referred matters listed before them to the CJI for a hearing on Friday.
The urgency for referring the matters to the CJI seems linked to a batch of over 30 cases relating to land acquisition in Gujarat listed for hearing on March 6 soon after the Holi holidays. On Thursday, a bench referred a matter to CJI for constituting an “appropriate bench” to deal with the situation that has arisen after a “controversial order” was passed by another bench on Wednesday.
