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BLS LLB 5 Years · Sem 8
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Q.1
Q.1: Answer in 2-3 sentences each
(a)Define "land" under the Land Acquisition Act.[2]
Answer
Section 3(a) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 defines the word: "the expression 'land' includes benefits to arise out of land, and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth".
The 1894 Act was repealed from 1 January 2014. The repeal was made by section 114 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. Section 3(p) of the 2013 Act repeats the same words.
What the definition takes in.
- The ground itself. The word "includes" widens the ordinary meaning of land. It does not replace it.
- Benefits to arise out of land. These are rights to what the land yields, such as rent, crops and other profits.
- Things attached to the earth. Buildings, walls, wells and trees are part of the land.
- Things permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth. A pump bolted to a well, or machinery fixed to a factory floor, goes with the land.
Why it matters. Whatever is "land" passes to the Government when the land is acquired, so the compensation must cover all of it. Section 23(1) of the 1894 Act counts the damage from taking standing crops and trees. Section 29 of the 2013 Act requires the Collector to value buildings, trees, plants, crops and other assets attached to the land, with expert help.
Example. The State acquires a farm with a mango orchard, a farmhouse and a pump fixed to a well. All of these are "land", and each is valued in the award.
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