Overview

• Hindustan Motors filed formal complaints on July 11 and July 14 after government officials entered the Uttarpara premises and seized documents, machinery, licensed arms and the customs warehouse.
• The company says the takeover violated an agreement to pause coercive measures until its Special Leave Petition is heard by the Supreme Court on July 22.
• In May the Calcutta High Court dismissed Hindustan Motors’ writ petition, upholding state authority under Section 6(3) of the West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act to resume 395 acres as unutilised land.
• Production at the Ambassador plant ceased in May 2014, and the state issued its land-resumption order in November 2022 to free up the dormant site for new industrial use.
• The government has entered a 99-year lease of 40 acres to Titagarh Rail Systems for ₹126.63 crore to expand infrastructure for metro coach and Vande Bharat train production.