LL.B. (Five Years) Sem 8 Land Laws Jun 2023 60/40 Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

Questions asked in this paper

SECTION I - Q.1: Answer in a sentence or two, any six (12 Marks - 2 marks each)

1. Q1 How does adjudication of stamps take place?
2. Q2 What is the place for registration of any document as per the Registration Act, 1908?
3. Q3 What are Grade II Heritage Buildings?
4. Q4 What is an 'undeveloped area' as per the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966?
5. Q5 What are the different Categories of buildings under MHADA, 1976?
6. Q6 What special provisions are incorporated for Armed forces, scientists, etc. under the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999?
7. Q7 What is 'Hazard Line' under the CRZ revised notification, 2019?
8. Q8 What is 'affected family' under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013?
9. Q9 What are the duties of the Tehsildar under the MLRC, 1966?
10. Q10 What is meant by Social Impact Assessment under the Land Acquisition Act, 2013?

SECTION II - Q.2: Write short notes on any two (12 Marks - 6 marks each)

1. Q11 'Class of land' under the MAL (COH) Act, 1961.
2. Q12 Encroachment under the MLRC, 1966.
3. Q13 Unauthorized development as per the MRTP Act, 1966.
4. Q14 Concepts of FSI and TDR under the Development Control Regulations.

SECTION III - Q.3: Solve the following situational problems, along with the relevant laws, any two (12 Marks - 6 marks each)

1. Q15 Mr. Balu purchases a land and he wants to develop some building activities this year (i.e. 2023). The said land falls in Coastal Regulation Zone III, where the population density is less than 2000 per sq. km. He makes an application to develop the same to the authorities concerned. (a) Will Mr. Balu get the required permission to develop the activities in the above mentioned CRZ? (b) Is there any limit fixed under the above mentioned zone of Coastal Regulation?
2. Q16 A building, 'Seven Stars', located in South Mumbai is in ruinous condition and likely to deteriorate and fall. The Board under MHADA considers repairing this building, and for this the Board needs to evict the occupants residing therein. Four families out of twenty-five families residing there are reluctant to vacate the premises. (a) Does the concerned Board have the power to evict those four families forcibly and undertake repairs? If yes, under which provisions? If no, why? (b) Name the above Board and a few of its duties.
3. Q17 Mr. Ram Niwas, an agriculturist, has a dwelling house which is no longer necessary for him to carry on agricultural operations in the adjoining lands. So Mr. Ram Niwas wants to sell it to Mr. Shyamlal, a person residing in the village, who is already in possession of a dwelling house. (a) Can Mr. Ram Niwas sell the dwelling house to Mr. Shyamlal? Give reasons. (b) Under the provisions of the MTALA, 1948, what is the priority list and who determines it?
4. Q18 Shiva owns 40 acres of Agricultural Lands in the suburbs of Mumbai. He desires to purchase more agricultural dry crop lands in the suburbs of Mumbai. (a) What is exempted land as per the Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961? (b) What is the ceiling for the above land? Advise Shiva on the purchase of land.

SECTION IV - Q.4: Write explanatory answers to the following questions, any two (24 Marks - 12 marks each)

1. Q19 Whenever it appears to the appropriate Government that land in any area is required, or likely to be required, for any public purpose, how should it proceed for acquisition? Explain the procedure stepwise.
2. Q20 Under the MLRC, 1966, explain the record of rights and the purpose of maintaining these records. Explain with examples.
3. Q21 What is meant by Stamp Duty and who makes rules for it? What happens if an instrument is not adequately stamped? Elucidate.
4. Q22 Explain the effect of registration and non-registration of a document. What is the time to register the document, and the time from which a registered document operates?

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