No illegality in acquiring land for SilverLine project, says Kerala High Court
KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed a batch of petitions seeking a directive to the state government not to proceed with any survey for the demarcation of boundaries and fixation of alignments for the Silverline project.
Justice N Nagaresh issued the order while dismissing a batch of petitions filed against the order granting sanction to the acquisition of 955.13 hectares of land of various villages of Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasaragod Districts for the Semi High-Speed Railway Line (SilverLine) project by invoking the provisions contained in land acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (LARR Act), 2013.
