JUDGMENT

Srikrishna, J. — Leave granted in Special Leave Petition (C) Nos. 1562-63/06.

Since this matter consists of two sets of distinct but related appeals, for the sake of convenience, they may be considered under the two heads of: (i) the Main Matters and (ii) the Land Acquisition Matters.

The Main Matters

(Civil Appeal Nos. 3492-3494/2005, 3497/2005, 3842-3844/2005)

The Background

These appeals are directed against a common judgment of the High Court of Karnataka (dated 3.5.2005) by which three Public Interest Litigations being Writ Petition Nos. 45334/04 (All India Manufacturers Organisation v. State of Karnataka and Ors.), 45386/04 (J.C. Madhuswamy and Ors. v. State of Karnataka and Ors.) and 48981/04 (Dakshinamurthy and Anr. v. State of Karnataka and Ors.) were disposed of resulting in dismissal of Mr. J.C. Madhuswamys writ petition and a direction to the State of Karnataka to continue to implement a certain project known as the "Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project" (hereinafter "the Project").

2. A brief statement regarding the Project: Bangalore is the capital of the State of Karnataka and a rapidly developing city, which is projected to be the IT boom town in t