Mexican Media Brands
Tata Ordered to Return Land for Nano Factory to Farmers
Tata Motors Ltd. has been ordered by India’s top court to return 100 acres of land acquired in Singur, West Bengal, eight years ago on which to build a factory to make its ultra-low-cost Nano car.
#legal
Share
Tata Motors Ltd. has been ordered by India’s top court to return 1,000 acres of land acquired in Singur, West Bengal, eight years ago on which to build a factory to make its ultra-low-cost Nano car.
The company abandoned the nearly completed plant on the site in 2008 after violent protests by displaced farmers. The state of West Bengal passed a law ordering Tata to return the land, but it was rejected as unconstitutional in 2011 by a court in Calcutta. The issue has been mired in legal debate since then.
Tata lost 14 billion rupees ($209 million) when it wrote off the factory and relocated operations cross country to a $380 million facility in Sanand in 2010.
RELATED CONTENT
-
Uber Settles with Family of Woman Killed in Self-Driving Car Crash
Uber Technologies Inc. has quickly settled on damages to the survivors of a woman killed in Tempe, Ariz., last week by an Uber test vehicle operating in autonomous mode.
-
The Law and Autonomous Cars
Features that enable your car to drive itself are coming to market now, but regulations to govern their performance have lagged, notes Jennifer Dukarski, an attorney with the Butzel Long law firm.
-
VW Asks to Delay U.S. Diesel Emission Trials Over Hitler Reference
Volkswagen AG has asked a judge to delay several U.S. lawsuits involving rigged diesel emission controls because a lawyer representing hundreds of VW customers made “inflammatory” comments about the company.