Supreme Court asks Tamil Nadu government to consider alternative site rather than evicting SASTRA varsity
If someone was running a resort or a commercial complex or having a shopping mall there or having immoral or illegal activity there, we would have thrown them out, said the CJI
On Monday, the Supreme Court asked the Tamil Nadu government to consider alternative land instead of evicting SASTRA University in Thanjavur. The court questioned why the State government was so "stubborn" about the eviction and demolition of the educational institution, which operates for public benefit. The court also sought an alternative site for the State government's proposed open-air jail, with the university bearing the cost.
SASTRA University had offered three parcels of land to the State government, but the government deemed them inferior to the disputed land in terms of value, accessibility, and contiguity. The Chief Justice suggested that if the alternative parcels were not acceptable, the government could choose any land and the university would pay its market value.
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