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May. 1, 2021 12:22 AM
1. Ramat Hasharon is flanked on both sides by security facilities. When I was a kid we called them “the factory” and “the camp.” Today they’re called “the Ta’as compound” – using the Hebrew acronym for Israel Military Industries – and “Unit 8200” – referring to the famed elite intelligence unit. Both of these areas have been earmarked as real estate.
My mother used to tell me about the previous residents of these lands – to the east was Abu Kishk, where IMI was set up along with the Morasha neighborhood. To the west was the village of Jalil, which contributed its name to Glilot Junction.
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the compensation given to farmers under land acquisition law can be deducted statutorily only and the state or its instrumentalities cannot do so on other pretext.
The observations came from the bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian while dismissing the appeal of PSU Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd (THDCL) against the 2018 order of the Uttarakhand High Court.
Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, appearing for the PSU firm, said that the company had paid the compensation for the land acquired and wanted to take development charge from the recipients of developed land.
Farmers Protests: An Opportune Moment to Review the Development Model of Land Grabbing
Engaging with the agrarian question must necessarily mean questioning the development model that is hungry for land but spits out the people that live on it.
Farmers raise slogans during a protest in support of the nationwide strike, called by farmer unions to press for repeal of the Centre s agri laws, in Amritsar, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. Photo: PTI
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Over the last few weeks, images of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh engaged in pitched battles against the police, and by extension the state, have caught the nationâs attention as it forced the government into unconditional talks with a broad coalition of farmersâ organisations.