property rights

New Delhi, March 30 A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court, arguing that unqualified legal professionals were deciding land disputes. The PIL seeks directions to establish a revenue judicial service and prescribe a minimum legal qualification and training module...

Prayagraj, March 29 The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to file an affidavit stating whether it can seal a place of worship without any prior notice or without providing any opportunity for the property owners to be heard.A two-judge bench comprising Justice Atul...

Prayagraj, March 28 The Allahabad High Court has stayed the notice issued by the Sambhal administration on January 1, in which a petitioner was directed to explain his possession of a disputed piece of land within 15 days.The court has also asked the petitioner, Ali Ashraf, to provide evidence...

Mumbai, March 27 In a major policy move, the Maharashtra government has decided to regularize residential encroachments up to 500 square feet that existed as of January 1, 2011, across the state, excluding the city of Mumbai and its suburban district, a minister said on Friday.Revenue Minister...

Lucknow, March 26 The Allahabad High Court on Thursday refused to intervene in an eviction order passed by the district administration regarding a mosque constructed on land belonging to the local village council in the Bakshi Ka Talab area, but overturned a fine imposed on the petitioners...

Gorakhpur (UP), March 26 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday directed officials to take strict action against those involved in illegal land encroachment and warned that people harassing the poor would not be spared.The chief minister met around 200 people at a Janata...

Gandhinagar, March 25 Following a heated debate over demographic shifts and protection for a particular community, the Gujarat Assembly passed an amendment bill to the 1991 Act on Wednesday, aimed at curbing illegal property transfers and strengthening safeguards for legitimate owners.The bill...

New Delhi, March 25 The Supreme Court stated on Wednesday that the constitutional guarantee of fair compensation cannot be compromised, and that compensation and interest in land acquisition cases cannot be contingent on the financial burden.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and...

Panaji, March 25 The Goa cabinet on Wednesday extended the term of its "Mhaje Ghar" scheme by another year, allowing people to apply for regularization of ancestral houses until March 2027.Speaking at a press conference, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said the earlier deadline was March 2026...

New Delhi, March 25: Congress MP Manish Tewari criticised the introduction of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, stating that the proposed legislation suffers from "serious constitutional maladies."The Bill was introduced by Union...

Gandhinagar, March 25 Gujarat has become the second state after Uttarakhand to pass a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, with state BJP President Jagdish Vishwakarma stating on Wednesday that the move advances the goal of a uniform legal framework governing personal matters across communities.In a...

Chandigarh, March 23 Punjab Minister Harjot Singh Bains said on Monday that the government will soon grant ownership rights to shopkeepers, residents, and other occupants of surplus land in Nangal, Talwara, and adjoining townships, asserting that the land belongs to the state and not to the...

Nainital, March 23 The Uttarakhand High Court has quashed an order issued by the State Scheduled Castes Commission regarding eviction from land, stating that while the Commission has the power to make recommendations, it lacks the authority to pass binding orders.A single-judge bench...

New Delhi, March 23 Rajya Sabha Congress MP Neeraj Dangi on Monday urged the government to implement the Land Pooling Policy on a mission mode and notify the Delhi Master Plan 2041 at the earliest, citing prolonged delays that have left thousands of landowners in distress.Raising the issue...

Hazaribagh (Jharkhand), March 19 – The district administration in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, along with NTPC authorities, demolished the residence of Congress leader and former minister Yogendra Sao in the Barkagaon area on Thursday, citing encroachment on land acquired for mining.The house...

Patna, March 17 The Patna High Court on Tuesday overturned a decision by the Bihar State Waqf Tribunal, which had prevented the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) from carrying out construction on certain plots in the Samastipur district of Bihar.Justice Bibek Chaudhuri held that the...

Bengaluru, March 16 Karnataka Minister for Wakf & Minority Welfare B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan told the Legislative Assembly on Monday that 17,969 acres of Wakf property have been encroached upon in the state, mostly by Muslims themselves.The minister was responding to a question by Afzalpur...

Mumbai, March 16 The Bombay High Court has resolved a 76-year-old property dispute by ordering the division of a one-acre plot in Pune among the heirs of the original landowner.A single bench of Justice Farhan Dubash, in a judgment passed last month, disposed of petitions filed in February...

Prayagraj, March 15 The Allahabad High Court has directed the district administration in Budaun, Uttar Pradesh, not to interfere with prayers being offered in a mosque located within a private property.Issuing the directive, a bench comprising Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Vivek Saran...

In Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), until Article 370 remained in force, whether or not the discrimination against women regarding property ownership and other rights was intentional or unintentional, the undeniable fact is that gender discrimination was present and encouraged.Prior to the abrogation...