The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to five States seeking their responses on a plea challenging the validity of certain amendments made by them to a central law of 2013 on land acquisition.
A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta agreed to hear the plea which has sought to struck down the alleged "contradictory amendments" made by Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Telengana, Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand in the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.