SC refuses to entertain firm’s plea against acquisition of plot for bullet train project

Clearing hurdles for the country’s first proposed bullet train track project from Ahmedabad to Mumbai, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea by Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Ltd challenging the Bombay High Court order upholding the acquisition of the company’s land for the project.

A three-judge bench presided by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud termed it a “national project” and added that it will give the company liberty to seek enhancement of compensation for the land acquired.

Appearing for the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL), Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the bench, also comprising Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala,