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Hooda In Big Trouble As Supreme Court Rules That His Government Defrauded Farmers Of Rs 1,500 Crore
Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. (Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
The Supreme Court of India yesterday (12 March) restored the acquisition of 688 acres of land in Gurugram during the tenure of Bhupinder Singh Hooda as Haryana chief minister, and held its view that the withdrawal of the acquisition order was a fraud, reports The Tribune.
A bench comprising justices A K Goel and U U Lalit struck down the decisions dated 24 August 2007 and 29 January 2010 as a malafide exercise of power, observing that “greater victim was public interest”.
According to a report by the Economic Times, the bench also summoned the Dhingra Commission report that had indicted Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra for making unlawful profits of Rs 50.5 crore from a land deal without spending any money.
The apex court also ruled that all release orders in favour of builders be cancelled and licences transferred back to the Haryana Urban Development Authority. The builder will not be entitled to recover any compensation that was paid to owners. Landowners who haven’t received any compensation will be entitled to it.
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