Land Acquisition Case Study

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Land Acquisition in India
Introduction
The term Land Acquisition means the process of taking over of privately held land and other immoveable properties by the government for various ‘public purposes’. The owners are compensated for their loss via a rate that is fixed by the government appointed arbitrators. The definition of the term ‘public purpose’ is extremely vague. A few of the purposes that necessitate this process of Land Acquisition are often notified to the public through land acquisition laws. Some of the aforementioned purposes are defence projects, industrial corridors etc.
The general perception with regard to land acquisition is that it is notoriously anti-peasant since a majority of the land that is thus acquired by the government primarily belongs to farmers and is therefore, their sole source of livelihood. Often, it is contested that the compensation paid to the land owners is significantly less than the actual market price of said land. Hence, it is frequently alleged that the governments involved in such activities favour industrialists and the various lobbies of middle-men, corporate honchos etc while benefitting from the loss of the …show more content…

This was done through the Bengal Regulation Act (I) that was enacted by the government in 1824. The enactment of this truly significant piece of legislation signalled the consolidation of power in the Indian subcontinent by the Crown.
The abovementioned enactment ushered in noteworthy technological and economic events; thereby generating a need for well-oiled, purposeful bureaucratic and judicial institutions. This act was subsequently followed by Acts like the Bombay Act XXVIII of 1839, the Bombay Act XVII of 1850 etc which facilitated the ease of land acquisition by the colonial administration for the building of roads, canals and various other public

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