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999 _c26504
_d26504
020 _a9780199458998
082 _a343.540252
_bRAM-L
100 _aRamesh, Jairam
100 _aKhan, Muhammad Ali
245 _aLegislating for Justice
_b:The making of the 2013 land acquisition law
260 _aNew Delhi
_bOxford University Press
_c2015
300 _aviii,254p.
504 _aInclude Index
520 _aLand ownership in India has always been a risky proposition. The hitherto unfettered power of acquisition and the refusal of the Parliament to recognize the right to own property as a fundamental one, had emboldened the state to stake claim on any land it saw fit. However, in the years 2012-2014, the Government of India embarked on an exercise to not just amend but to rewrite the law on acquisition. This process saw the radical polarization of public opinion into two sharp sides a those who saw acquisition as a necessary tool to India's development (given the absence of other mechanisms guaranteeing clear title), and those who were sharply opposed to an archaic relic that defied the rule of law. This book attempts to explain the rationale employed behind each and every provision by the then Minister and his Principle Aide who helped draft the law. The book is a firsthand account of the challenges faced and the factors that drove the decisions in regulating the Stateas approach to a resource that is arguably the most important in a land deficit people surplus nation.
650 _aLaws and Legislation
_vJustice
_vLand reform
_vLand Acquisition- 2013
_zIndia
942 _2ddc
_cBK