Overview

• The state filed a three-member committee report saying the allotment is not disproportionate, but the judge said it failed to address tribal-rights and environmental concerns.
• Assam argued due process was followed and that the Sixth Schedule council had authority, noting the company sought 6,000 bighas and received 3,000 in two phases.
• The lease runs 30 years with an annual revenue of ₹250 per bigha and a one-time premium of ₹2 lakh per bigha.
• Officials said no construction will begin until Union environment and pollution clearances are issued, with 34% of the site reserved as a green belt and plans for rail siding, a solar plant, roads and worker housing.
• The court gave petitioners time to reply and allowed the autonomous council to file its own affidavit, as the state warned the dispute could unsettle an ₹11,000 crore investment MoU.