Calcutta HC strikes down Singur Act, favours Tata Motors

Singur Act was passed in 2011 when Mamata became the Chief Minister and the act had validated the state government's land re-acquisition drive.

Tata Motors had been leased 997 acre at Singur in Hooghly district, about 40 km from here, by the previous Left Front government for its Nano car project, billed as the cheapest car.

The Trinamool Congress, which was then the main opposition in West Bengal, had demanded return of 400 acre to farmers unwilling to give land for the project.

Tata Motors had moved to Sanand in Gujarat in 2008 citing law and order problems, but had kept possession of the leased land at Singur.