The Supreme Court has today floated the possibility of a Committee being set up to deliberate the amount of compensation to be granted to those who were displaced by Narmada Dam Project. A Bench of Chief Justice JS Khehar and Justices NV Ramana and DY Chandrachud today accepted that the adivasis and locals of the region had “been wronged, without a doubt” but refused to entertain the possibility of stopping the developmental work and re-issuing the land to the aggrieved. Advocate Sanjay Parikh appeared for the petitioners. Noted Human rights activist Medha Patkar was also present in Court today. Patkar […]
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