Summary:
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday started final hearing in the petitions filed by farmers against the proposed acquisition of their land in the bullet train project. He contended that there is no way that the authorities can do away with social impact assessment for the bullet train project. One of the major issues raised by Joshi was the initiation of the land acquisition process without any social impact assessment. Senior advocate Mihir Joshi appeared for the farmers and initiated his arguments against the proposed land acquisition for the project. Joshi said the government was pre-determined to go ahead with the project which is evident by the fact that special purpose vehicle (SPV) was formed and agreements were signed without any social impact assessment..