NHAI faces ₹29k-cr hit as SC upholds extra compensation for highway landowners
The year 2015 acts as a cut-off because this is when the provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (RFCTLARR Act) were extended to highway projects. Before this, land acquired under The National Highways Act, 1956 did not include benefits like solatium and interest, leading…