Land Acquisitions Under The National Highways Act 1956

National Highways are the backbone of road transportation in India and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is the largest land acquisition agency in the country. On an average, it acquires around 10,000 hectares land a year and disburses Rs 10,000 crore as compensation. The National Highways Act 1956 is a complete code and a special Act. Although there is hardly any lawyer who has not been approached by expropriated owner, whose land is acquired under the Act, there is hardly any commentary on the 'Land Acquisition under the National Highways Act', With 400+ pages, the commentary relies upon 300+ judgments (reported and unreported) on the subject (covering various HCs and the SCI). The Commentary covers the void in the area and would be highly useful to judges, practicing advocates and academicians interested in this field.