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Reform Hold The Key To Cut Litigation In India Land Deals, Say Analysts

Reform Hold The Key To Cut Litigation In India Land Deals, Say Analysts

by The Daily Eye Team March 6 2017, 2:38 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 34 secs

The process of land acquisition in India has been the source of increasing political and legal contestation for almost 200 years, says the Land Rights Initiative Reforms to the system, greater transparency and better practice are needed to check lengthy litigation as rising demand for land in India triggers greater conflict, analysts said on Thursday. As land is sought for industrial and development projects, more acquisitions are being contested in court, according to a report from India’s Centre for Policy Research think tank. Nearly two-thirds of litigation before the Supreme Court from 1950-2016 sought more compensation, according to an analysis of 1,269 cases by its Land Rights Initiative.

 

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