000			01598nam a22001697a 4500
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