The Supreme Court has overturned the Calcutta High Court's decision to restore land to a private company based on the 2016 Kedar Nath Yadav v State of West Bengal precedent. The Court stated that its 2016 ruling, which quashed the Tata Nano plant acquisition in Singur, provided a targeted remedy for farmers and was not a general right for commercial entities that had accepted the acquisition for a decade.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi while allowing the State of West Bengal's appeal, held that the High Court erred in granting land restoration to the respondent-private entity, which had accepted the acquisition and full compensation but challenged it belatedly.

“Once the proceedings conclude in the award and possession is taken without challenge, the Court would

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