Advocate Harsh Singh | Patna High Court & Bihar Courts

Practice Overview & Legal Context

Vigorous advocacy for agricultural landowners, commercial proprietors, and rural families whose properties are acquired for national highways, rail corridors, industrial zones, and civic infrastructure in Bihar. The chamber ensures project-affected families receive rightful compensation, solatium, and rehabilitation benefits.

Scope of Chamber Representation

6 Focus Areas

✓Objections to preliminary acquisition notifications (Section 3A/3C NH Act and Section 11/15 RFCTLARR Act)

✓Determination of true market value, factor multiplication, and solatium calculations for acquired rural and urban land parcels

✓Statutory arbitration references before the Arbitrator (Divisional Commissioner) under Section 3G(5) of the National Highways Act for compensation enhancement

✓Challenges to inadequate or arbitrary arbitral awards under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

✓Writ petitions before the Patna High Court against dispossession without due process or non-disbursement of awarded compensation

✓Rehabilitation and resettlement (R&R) entitlements and commercial establishment displacement relief

Governing Acts, Rules & Codes

Litigation and advisory in this domain are governed by key central and Bihar state statutes:

⚖️National Highways Act, 1956 (Sections 3A, 3D, 3G & 3H)

⚖️Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (RFCTLARR)

⚖️Railways Act, 1989 & Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines Act, 1962

⚖️Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

Litigation Procedure & Appellate Trajectory

Upon publication of statutory notices, formal objections on land classification and valuation are submitted to the Competent Authority for Land Acquisition (CALA). If the award is depressed or misclassifies residential/commercial land as agricultural, an arbitration application is filed before the Divisional Commissioner. Any arbitrary rejection is challenged via Section 34 CPC/Arbitration or writ petition.

ℹLimitation periods and forum hierarchy apply strictly under relevant Bihar state rules.

Chamber Intake

Case Briefing & Document Review

For representation in Land Acquisition & Fair Compensation before the Patna High Court, Bihar Land Tribunal, or district authorities across Bihar, reach the chamber directly.

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