In Brief
Narmada Bachao Andolan (petitioner) filed contempt petitions alleging that respondents violated the Supreme Court's directions from a 2011 judgment regarding rehabilitation and land acquisition related to the Omkareshwar Dam. The petitioner claimed the respondents failed to raise road levels to prevent submergence of five villages in Madhya Pradesh. The Supreme Court dismissed the petitions, holding that the 2011 judgment imposed no obligation to raise roads to act as an embankment preventing all submergence. The judgment only required providing access to villagers; temporary submergence was deemed beneficial to agriculture. No contempt liability arose from perceived failure to prevent submergence.
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