Supreme Court orders return of land in Nelakadiranahalli, cancels acquisition process

The Supreme Court has cancelled the land acquisition process for 59 acres 6 guntas of Nelakadiranahalli village in Bengaluru North Taluk. The Supreme Court cancelled the High Court Divisional Bench order, upholding the original single-judge bench order due to alleged fraud and misuse of power during the acquisition process. Justice J.B. Pardeevala and K. Vinod Chandran directed that the acquisition rights must be immediately handed over to the original landowners, and also ordered the return of the land to the original landowners, even for those who did not file an application. Furthermore, the Supreme Court directed that the money received by the landowners must be returned interest-free.