Temple Land Acquisition Dispute Over NH Widening to Be Decided Under National Highways Act, Not LARR Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has delivered an important judgment explaining the legal position regarding land acquisition carried out under the National Highways Act, 1956 and the applicability of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. The judgment was passed by Justice Easwaran S. in a dispute connected with compensation awarded for temple land acquired for widening of a National Highway in Kerala.…