Land belonging to a religious body can be acquired for a public purpose, ruled the Allahabad High Court in its order of December 19, 2016. "Once there is public purpose for which land in question has been acquired, invoking provisions of National Highways Act, 1956, then no relief can be accorded to the petitioner,” stated the division bench comprising Justices V. K. Shukla and M. C. Tripathi, while disposing of the plea of the Church of North India Association (CNIA). The Church had challenged a notification of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) of August 17, 2012 whereby four......