NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court
has ruled that landowners whose properties are acquired for a public purpose cannot invoke the right to livelihood to demand rehabilitation or alter-native land as a matter of legal right.
In a significant verdict on the scope of Article 21 (right to lif and livelihood) in land ac tion cases, the top cothelitt the Constitution सतिदर compensation tion, but equisi bilitation beyond what is provided in law or specific policies.
A bench of justices JB Pardi-wala and R Mahadevan ruled that the deprivation of land for a public purpose, when carried
Satinder Duggal
