Passing judgemet on the plea of Tata Motors Limited (TML) challenging the Act, Justice I P Mukerji said that Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011 is constitutional and valid.
The court appointed special officers to oversee the of land transfer to West Bengal.
The Tatas can apply for compensation within 6 months, the court said.
Tata Motors had challenged the Singur Land Act by which West Bengal government vested the Singur land leased to the company.
The hearing on TML's challenge of Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011, had ended on September 16.
TML was to set up a plant for manufacturing its low-cost Nano car at Singur but it shifted the plant to Sanand in Gujarat on October 7, 2008, citing law and order problem at Singur.
West Bengal government under Mamata Banerjee enacted the Singur Act on June 14 this year and vested 600 acres of land leased to TML.
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