Development has been a crucial factor of concern for a country like India since it’s Independence. India is categorized among the developing nations and has focused largely on setting up of infrastructure to achieve its developmental goals over the years. Land is the primary constituent required for achieving the developmental aims. But in the process of acquiring land for these development projects, people are voluntary-involuntary evicted from their habitats and livelihood that exposes them to impoverishment and marginalization. As a citizen of the nation every Indian has the right to life and personal liberty and being forcefully evicted from one’s land and `belonging is violation of their human rights. The paper examines incidents of displacement caused by development projects in West Bengal over the period of time, which have violated human rights of the inhabitants. The study in conducted based on secondary data found after reviewing related literature and intends to being in light the consequences of land acquisition on the displaced persons life and livelihood from a human rights perspective.