NARMADA BACHAO ANDOLAN vs STATE OF M.P.

The Supreme Court upheld the Madhya Pradesh High Court's decision regarding the validity of the amendment to the Resettlement and Rehabilitation Policy, 1991, stating that the challenge was belated and that the alternative remedy before the Grievance Redressal Authority (GRA) was adequate. The Court noted that landless laborers are not entitled to agricultural land under the policy and that the oustees had been offered grants and compensation under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Court affirmed that the High Court's refusal to intervene was justified given the circumstances of the case.