Part I: A general introduction to the law of land 1. The construction of an Indian right to property in land 2. Thematic sketch of land laws in the country 3. Land reform and its impact on the existing land tenure system Part II: Law of land reform 4. Alteration of the land tenure system: laws relating to abolition of intermediaries and tenancy reform 5. Law of land Redistribution 6. Land administration, records, and titling Part III: Law of land acquisition
7. Framework of the law of land acquisition and its inherent inequity: a combined working of land reform and acquisition law 8. Displacement, dispossession, compensation, and rehabilitation in matters of land reform and acquisitions 9. Concluding remarks: land relationships, landlessness, and the law
Biography
Astha Saxena is an independent research consultant and a doctoral scholar at the National Academy of Legal Sciences and Research, Hyderabad. Her work lies in the field of land reforms. She is exploring the relevance of
legislative paradigms towards the realization of socio-economic rights.
