{"id":11194,"date":"2011-05-26T16:22:23","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T10:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=11194"},"modified":"2011-05-26T16:22:23","modified_gmt":"2011-05-26T10:52:23","slug":"supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court quashes land allotment to Sourav Ganguly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Supreme-Court11.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11195\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly\/supreme-court-59\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/05\/Supreme-Court11.png?fit=331%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"331,350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Supreme Court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/05\/Supreme-Court11.png?fit=236%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11195\" title=\"Supreme Court\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Supreme-Court11.png?resize=331%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"331\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/05\/Supreme-Court11.png?w=331&amp;ssl=1 331w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/05\/Supreme-Court11.png?resize=141%2C150&amp;ssl=1 141w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/05\/Supreme-Court11.png?resize=236%2C250&amp;ssl=1 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the decision of the West Bengal government to allot land in Kolkata&#8217;s Salt Lake area to former cricket captain Sourav Ganguly. The apex court bench of justice GS Singhvi and justice AK Ganguly directed the state government to refund the Rs 20 lakh paid by the cricketer for the plot.Justice Ganguly directed the cricketer to return the land in two weeks, and asked the state government to refund the money in another two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Sourav Ganguly was allotted one acre of land in the posh Salt Lake area in 2000 to set up a school.<\/p>\n<p>However, various local residents and an NGO had opposed the deal, saying the actual price of the land was many times more than what he had paid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the decision of the West Bengal government to allot land in Kolkata&#8217;s Salt Lake area to former cricket captain Sourav Ganguly. The apex court bench of justice GS Singhvi and justice AK Ganguly directed the state government to refund the Rs 20 lakh paid by the cricketer for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[89],"tags":[3817,3016,3815,3816,47726],"class_list":["post-11194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-entertainment-news","tag-justice-ak-ganguly","tag-justice-gs-singhvi","tag-land-allotment","tag-sourav-ganguly","tag-supreme-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Supreme Court quashes land allotment to Sourav Ganguly<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the decision of the West Bengal government to allot land in Kolkata&#039;s\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Supreme Court quashes land allotment to Sourav Ganguly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the decision of the West Bengal government to allot land in Kolkata&#039;s\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-05-26T10:52:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Supreme-Court11.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\"},\"headline\":\"Supreme Court quashes land allotment to Sourav Ganguly\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-26T10:52:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly\"},\"wordCount\":137,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.in\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/Supreme-Court11.png\",\"keywords\":[\"justice AK Ganguly\",\"Justice GS Singhvi\",\"land allotment\",\"Sourav Ganguly\",\"Supreme Court\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Media &amp; Entertainment News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly\",\"name\":\"Supreme Court quashes land allotment to Sourav Ganguly\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.in\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/Supreme-Court11.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-26T10:52:23+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the decision of the West Bengal government to allot land in Kolkata's\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.in\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/Supreme-Court11.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.in\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/Supreme-Court11.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Media &amp; Entertainment News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/category\\\/media-entertainment-news\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Supreme Court quashes land allotment to Sourav Ganguly\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates\",\"description\":\"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\",\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/legaliadmin\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/legal-india-admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Supreme Court quashes land allotment to Sourav Ganguly","description":"The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the decision of the West Bengal government to allot land in Kolkata's","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Supreme Court quashes land allotment to Sourav Ganguly","og_description":"The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the decision of the West Bengal government to allot land in Kolkata's","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly","og_site_name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2011-05-26T10:52:23+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Supreme-Court11.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Legal India Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India Admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly"},"author":{"name":"Legal India Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea"},"headline":"Supreme Court quashes land allotment to Sourav Ganguly","datePublished":"2011-05-26T10:52:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly"},"wordCount":137,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Supreme-Court11.png","keywords":["justice AK Ganguly","Justice GS Singhvi","land allotment","Sourav Ganguly","Supreme Court"],"articleSection":["Media &amp; Entertainment News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly","name":"Supreme Court quashes land allotment to Sourav Ganguly","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Supreme-Court11.png","datePublished":"2011-05-26T10:52:23+00:00","description":"The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the decision of the West Bengal government to allot land in Kolkata's","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Supreme-Court11.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Supreme-Court11.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-quashes-land-allotment-to-sourav-ganguly#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Media &amp; Entertainment News","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/media-entertainment-news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Supreme Court quashes land allotment to Sourav Ganguly"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates","description":"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates","alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea","name":"Legal India Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com","https:\/\/x.com\/legaliadmin"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/author\/legal-india-admin"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11884,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/state-biggest-land-grabber-supreme-court-of-india","url_meta":{"origin":11194,"position":0},"title":"State biggest land grabber: Supreme Court of India","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"July 5, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the state was the biggest land grabber, depriving farmers of their livelihood for generations. The apex court bench of Justice G S Singhvi and Justice A K Ganguly said that farmers' lands were being acquired in the name of public interest and being\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/farmers.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9984,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-names-special-public-prosecutor-in-2g-case","url_meta":{"origin":11194,"position":1},"title":"Supreme Court names special public prosecutor in 2G case","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"April 11, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Overruling the central government's objection, the Supreme Court Monday appointed senior counsel Uday Lalit as special public prosecutor for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the 2G scam case. Justice GS Singhvi and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly said they were issuing direction in the interest of substantive justice. Article\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/CBI2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7269,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bengal-plots-for-distinguished-people-under-apex-court-scanner","url_meta":{"origin":11194,"position":2},"title":"Bengal plots for distinguished people under apex court scanner","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"November 9, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The Supreme Court Monday directed the West Bengal government to file an affidavit stating the number of residential plots under the chief minister's discretionary quota which have not been allotted so far. 'File a short affidavit stating as of date the number of plots under the chief minister's discretionary quota\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8686,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-slaps-rs-10-lakh-fine-on-frivolous-litigant","url_meta":{"origin":11194,"position":3},"title":"Supreme Court slaps Rs.10 lakh fine on frivolous litigant","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"February 2, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The Supreme Court Wednesday slapped an exemplary cost of Rs.10 lakh on an appellant for filing a frivolous litigation aimed at frustrating attempts to acquire his land for the Bangalore-Mysore road project. The litigant was penalised for embarking upon a second round of litigation on an issue identical to the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Supreme-Court.3-e1296662154417.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8581,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/vedanta-university-apex-court-orders-status-quo","url_meta":{"origin":11194,"position":4},"title":"Vedanta University: Apex court orders status quo","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"January 28, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Orissa Government to maintain status quo on acquisition of 6,000 hectares of land for setting up an international university by U.K.-based Vedanta group in the holy city of Puri. Admitting a bunch of cross-appeals, a bench of justices D.K. Jain and H.L. Dattu\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31014,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ak-ganguly-case","url_meta":{"origin":11194,"position":5},"title":"AK Ganguly Case","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"December 7, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"BJP leader Arun Jaitley said on Friday that the Supreme Court cannot escape from its judicial responsibility by finding an \"escapist route\" by ruling out action in the case of \"unwelcome behaviour\" by retired Justice AK Ganguly with a woman intern. In an article, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"a.k.ganguly","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/a.k.ganguly-175x250.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6H5Bf-2Uy","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}