Land acquisition, unlike the purchase of land, is the forcible take-over of privately owned land by the government. Land is acquired for projects which serve a ‘public purpose’. These include government projects, public-private partnership projects, and private projects. Earlier, the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 regulated the process of land acquisition in India. Though this Act provided compensation to land owners, it did not provide for rehabilitation and resettlement to displaced families. This was redressed by a new legislation i.e. the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. The 2013 Act brought in several changes to the process of land acquisition in the country.

The firm has represented clients in land acquisition proceedings challenging the same before the high courts as well as the Supreme Court of India.