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them, and supported the claim of excess lands being given away. The Apex Court rejected both the

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them, and supported the claim of excess lands being given away. The Apex Court rejected both the claims of fraud and excess land being given and the Government was asked to pay costs of Rs. 5lakh to the company. The apex Court also asked the High Court to initiate criminal proceedings against the chief secretary and another officer of the state Government for not telling the whole truth in their sworn affidavits.
Whatsoever the Court did not take into consideration the substantive issues behind the allegations as to whether the land transferred was excess or more specifically if unwanted lands near Bangalore were turned over to the NICE Company, where the prices had raised to sky. The courts have gone by the earlier assurance of the …show more content…

It is a build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT) project, with an investment of Rs 1,600 crore (at 1997 prices) with no requirement of investment from the government.50It was at this point that the state government rescinded its stand and also alleged fraud on the part of NICE Company. As per the allegations made by Deve Gowda with regard to the said issue stated that, the project was being constructed by NICE for the purpose of running a real estate business instead of providing infrastructural facilities, the PWD minister, H D Revanna constituted review committee. This was in the long run termed as expert committee, under the chairmanship of K C Reddy, which was to look into the allegations of excess land acquisitions. Including those that had already been acquired and deemed excess. The High Court clearly viewed political motive to stall the project, since even at this stage there was no evidence of fraud, as the government has stated.
As per the FWA, the Chief Secretary had to monitor the execution of the project, and also in suppression of the empowered committee, headed the formation of this expert committee, Reddy's appointment as the chairman of the expert committee did not have credibility with the court, since he was already member of the high level committee (HLC), which had scrutinized the FWA on behalf of the government.
In regard to the issue of excess land acquisitions, the High Court strangely looked at the motive behind the

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