Supreme Court slams Hooda govt in Manesar land acquisition case: 10 points

The apex court verdict came on a plea related to the land acquisition done by the Haryana government for acquiring land parcels measuring 912 acres from three villages

The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside two land acquisition processes initiated by the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government in villages near Gurgaon, stating that the August 24, 2007 decision was "nothing but fraud on power". 

The apex court verdict came on a plea related to the land acquisition done by the Haryana government for acquiring lands measuring 912 acres from three villages namely, Manesar, Lakhnoula and Naurangpur of Gurgaon district to set up the Chaudhari Devi Lal Industrial Township.

The top court passed a slew of directions granting relief to the farmers whose land were acquired and later taken by the