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Course Title:
Course Code:
Land Law
LAW 407
P/S
SW/F
W
TOTAL
CREDIT
UNITS
4
Credit Units: 04
Course Objectives:
This course will provide each student with an exposure to crucial aspects of Land laws of UP.
The legislative power to make laws relating to land and land ceiling is in the state list.
Different States have enacted their own laws on this subject.
The Constitutional perspectives relating to this subject have to be taught as an essential part of this course.
The provisions in the Constitution in Part III, IV and XII as well as those in Schedule VII relating to distribution of
legislative powers over land are essentially to be taught with emphasis.
Pre-requisites:
Basic knowledge of History and Development of Revenue system in India.
Appraise the various legal Rights endowed upon the citizens & remedies in case of their violation.
Analyze the impact of post independence land reforms.
Recognize the laws pertaining to Rent Control Act etc.
Review the various legislations with regard to land law, taking a note of contemporary developments.
Course Contents/Syllabus:
Weightage (%)
Module I: Constitutional Perspectives
a) Fundamental rights, Property as Legal Right, Agriculture reform, Legislative Powers, The Union, The State,
30%
Abolition of Zamindaries, Abolition of Intermediaries, Tenancy Reforms, Land to the tiller, Personal
Cultivation, Voluntary Surrenders.
25%
Lack of Political will as an impediment to land reforms, Role of Law, Role of law and Legal Profession in
implementation, Position of Bars to the jurisdiction of Civil Courts , Role of administrative agencies.
a) Land Ceiling Legislation
25%
Perspectives of hindrances on land acquisitions in India (Critical Analysis of land laws in India)
Module IV: Module IV: Land Management in Uttar Pradesh: Relevant Land laws to be specified
Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill (LARR), 2011
10%
10%
Lab/Practical/Studio (%)
100
N/A
Total
100
Class Test
Internship
Attendance
10%
10%
5%
5%
70%
NOT APPLICABLE
Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment
Components (Drop
End Term
Examination
End Term
Examination
down
Weightage (%)
L.H. Rudolph and S.H. Rudolph, The Political Economy of Lakshmi (1987)
Mohammad Ghouse, Nehru and Agrarian reform in Rajeev Dhavan and Thomas Paul (eds.)
Walter C. Neale, Developing Rural India Policies and Progress (1990) Allied
Alice, Jacob, Land Reform and Rural Change 6-19 (1992), Land Reforms in India: a Review.
B.R. Beotra, Law of Forests (Central and State) 6th Edition 1999, The Law Book Company.
Padala Rami Reddy, Forest Laws, 1989, Asia Law House Baden Powel, Manual of Jurisprudence for Forests Officers (1982)
Anil Agarwal, (ed.) The State of Indias Environment: The Second Citizens Report (1985)
Chhatrapati Singh, Forestryand the law in India in 29 Journal of India Law Institute (1987)
Karl Marx, The laws on the Theft of Woods, In Rhenisce Zeitung werke 113-16, 145 ft. Vol (1956)
Ramchandra Guha, Forestry in Pre-British India, in 18 Economic and Political weekly 45, (1983)