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Dr.RamManoharLohiya National Law University,

Lucknow

Synopsis of Local Land law

“LAND ACQUISITION IN INDIA- PAST AND PRESENT”

Under the Supervision of: Submitted By:

Dr. SHAKUNTLA SANGAM HIMANSHU VERMA

Professor (Law) ENRoll No- 150101055

Section- A

9th Semester
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Introduction

INDIA is a country where more than 70% of the population lives in rural areas
and is heavily dependent on the primary sector i.e. agriculture. Hence, there is
hardly any land which is not occupied. When the government intends to carry
out some developmental work like construction of dams, flyovers, bridges,
mines etc., it requires vast expanse of land. Since land is a scarce resource, in
order to carry out developmental work, the government has to acquire land
thereby depriving the existing occupants from its use. This leads to large-scale
displacement and forced transfer of people from their land. Of course,
development is a necessity in the present world, but the question which arises is
‘development at what cost?’ Should it be at the cost of the land owners who are
extremely possessive about their land, or the farmers for whom land is the only
source of livelihood who they treat like a mother? Should the government
blindly go for development without bothering to secure the interest of the
landowners and the farmers or should strive to strike balance between the two.
This paper attempts to analyse the law relating to land acquisition in India, the
merits and demerits of the 1894 as well as the 2013 Acts and gives suggestions
for the improvement of the same.

Research Methodology
The method of research that I will be employing in my project is ‘Doctrinal
Research Method’. The Research Methodology for completing this research
work would be descriptive and analytical. But mostly, it would be a descriptive
project. The source of data would be secondary and a lot reading from online
sources would be referred to, to understand its role and functions.
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Research Questions

 What are the laws that govern land acquisition in India?

 Why it is necessary?
 What are the drawbacks of these laws?
 What judiciary has done for easing these laws ?

Bibliography

The researcher is indebted to the following sources for information:

 https://icrier.org/pdf/Working_Paper_361.pdf

 https://www.lawtransform.no/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Land-Acquisition-

Report.pdf

 https://think-asia.org/bitstream/handle/11540/8556/adbi-wp854.pdf?sequence=1

 Up local law by tauseef raza