Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001

The Tamil Nadu Government issued G.O. Ms. No.32 (1998) permitting the erection of statues and arches on highways. After the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001 came into force, the State, through its Secretary, granted permission to install permanent arches on two major district roads. The High Court held that because the ar…

The Tamil Nadu legislature enacted three land‑acquisition statutes (1978, 1997 and 2001) which were later held repugnant to the Central Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. The Madras High Court declared the three state statutes void and quashed acq…

M. Mohan, a landowner, challenged the acquisition of his land under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001, arguing that the notification issued under s.15(1) violated procedural requirements of Rule 5 of the Tamil Nadu Highways Rules, 2003 because the Highways Department did not file a statement of answer to his objections…