India highway sector sees 7-year low in construction and new project awards2025-26 marked a pivotal moment in India’s transport landscape as highway development and new project allocations sank to levels unseen in ...
08 Apr, 2026, 05.26 PM IST
SC says fair compensation can’t depend on financial burdenThe Supreme Court of India has ruled that financial burden cannot be a reason to deny fair compensation in land acquisition cases. The Nati...
26 Mar, 2026, 06.49 PM IST
Pre-2018 land acquisition cases can't be reopened for grant of compensation with interest: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court has indicated that land acquisition cases from before 2018 will not be reopened for additional compensation with interest...
23 Feb, 2026, 01.10 PM IST
Supreme Court issues notice on NHAI’s plea seeking review of ruling on retrospective solatium and interest paymentsThe Supreme Court has issued notice on the National Highway Authority of India's plea. NHAI seeks review of a judgment granting retrospecti...
04 Nov, 2025, 07.04 PM IST
SC to hear in open court NHAI's plea for review of verdict on compensation to farmersThe Supreme Court will hear the National Highway Authority of India's plea. This plea seeks to review a past verdict. The verdict stated th...
04 Nov, 2025, 03.54 PM IST
Supreme Court rules 2019 judgment on land compensation applies retrospectivelyThe Supreme Court has ruled that its 2019 judgment granting solatium and interest for lands acquired by the National Highways Authority of ...
04 Feb, 2025, 09.22 PM IST
Supreme Court asks NHAI to pay higher compensation to Uttar Pradesh farmersThe top court also permitted the landowners/farmers to withdraw the compensation amount deposited with the concerned district court along w...
27 Oct, 2023, 10.51 PM IST
SC upholds Centre's notification to acquire land for NHAI's Chennai-Salem highwayThe Chennai-Salem eight-lane greenfield expressway project was proposed on a stretch of 277.300-km passes through agricultural as well as r...
08 Dec, 2020, 04.54 PM IST
Govt duty-bound to ensure that land owners get compensated: Bombay High CourtOn acquisition of land for public purpose the government body must ensure that the owners whose land gets acquired are paid compensation/aw...
21 Nov, 2020, 01.54 PM IST
Fund crunch, land cost may slow down highway projectsThe situation is so grim that in Jharkhand, J&K, Uttarakhand, Delhi and Goa, NHAI does not plan to take up any stretch this year.
13 May, 2019, 10.36 AM IST
Not just people, even states profiting from new land lawThe states continue charging administrative fee from NHAI, at times as high as 20%, even as the Centre's compensation outgo has gone up by ...
05 Jun, 2017, 10.11 AM IST
Work on 10-lane Bengaluru-Mysuru highway to begin by DecemberOnce the expressway is ready, it will take just 90 minutes to reach Mysuru from Bengaluru," Public Works Minister HC Mahadevappa said.
28 Jul, 2016, 10.50 AM IST
Delhi-Meerut E-way: Dasna-Meerut stretch gets green nodThe Centre has given its green nod to construction of Dasna-Meerut six-lane connector under Delhi-Meerut Expressway at a cost of Rs 1,658 c...
19 Jun, 2016, 01.07 PM IST
CAG report: Railways took 5 years to clear Andhra Pradesh overbridgeRailways took 1,946 days (5 years and 3 months) to approve ROB in the case of Vijaywada-Chilakaluripet highway project.
26 Dec, 2014, 12.04 PM IST
Builders, lenders can benefit from proposed changes in road contractsProviding more comfort to lenders, NHAI has proposed co-insurance for lenders/ bankers, which will help them cover their risk in case of pr...
20 Oct, 2014, 12.14 PM IST
NHAI petition baseless: Jayanti NatrajanGovernment sources said Jayanthi Natarajan has briefed Manmohan Singh and the Cabinet about the matter.
11 Jan, 2013, 04.38 AM IST
- NH widening stalled by LDF govt’s conditions
The UPA government and Left Democratic Front government of Kerala have once again locked horns over widening of national highways through s...
01 Dec, 2010, 01.48 AM IST