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Bullet train project: HC directs state to address it on compensation issue

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Face of Nation : A division bench of Justice A A Sayed and Justice Prakash Naik was hearing a petition filed by the Godrej group, urging the court to direct the respondents — the Centre, the state government, deputy collector (land acquisition) and National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) — to accept the alternative plot offered by them for the construction of the Bullet Train and to shift the ventilation shaft and traction substation/ distribution substation proposed on the land.

The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Advocate General to address the court on the issue of compensation in the 39,547 square metre property in Vikhroli for the Rs 1.08 lakh crore Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet train project.

Singh said they had given second option as they are ready to deposit the compensation money in the court and it will be taken with interest by whoever wins in the litigation.Senior counsel Navroz Seervai for the Godrej group told the bench that they are ready to refund the compensation money paid to them by the NHSRCL without interest.