Srinagar, May 15 -- The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has asked the Defence Forces, Government of India (GoI), to disburse compensation to the farmers - whose land situated around Srinagar Airport remains under their occupation for the past many years - within six months.
The farmers had filed a petition in the High Court for genuine compensation by the GoI, Ministry of Defence, for thousands of kanals of their cultivable land at Damodar Karewa near the Srinagar Airport.
A single judge bench of the court, which a few weeks ago avoided setting any time-frame for acquisition and payment of compensation, had directed the respondent forces to carry forward the matter to its logical conclusion.
The farmers filed an appeal against the single be...