1st Edition
The Land Question in Neoliberal India Socio-Legal and Judicial Interpretations
Foreword by T. Haque
1. Introduction
Varsha Bhagat-Ganguly
Part 1. Socio-Legal and Policy Perspectives on ‘Land’
2. Approaches and Methods of Land Title Legislation in India: Far from Reality or Close to the Ground?
Amlanjyoti Goswami, Deepika Jha, and Kaye Lushington
3. Critical Assessment of Recent Real Estate Regulatory Reforms in Urban Spaces: Whether Trickle-Down Effect is for All?
Ray Sharat Prasad
4. The Forest Rights Struggle and Redefining the Frontiers of Governance: Dismantling Hegemony, Restructuring Authority, and Collectivising Control
C. R. Bijoy
5. Maharashtra Agricultural Land Leasing Bill, 2017: Exploring Opportunities for Landless and Women’s Collectives
Seema Kulkarni and Pallavi Harshe
6. Customary Rights and Traditional Wisdom: Furthering Land Governance in Northeast India
Sonali Ghosh and Chandra Bhushan Kumar
Part 2. Evolving Jurisprudence on the Land Question
7. Land Acquisition Law in Neoliberal India: Old Wine in a New Bottle?
Rita Sinha
8. Land Acquisition for Economic Development: A Comparative Analysis of Some Landmark Court Judgments of United States of America and India
Malabika Pal
9. Neoliberalism, Environmental Protectio,n and Regulation of Land
Shiju Mazhuvanchery
Biography
Varsha Bhagat-Ganguly has served as Professor at the Centre for Rural Studies, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie; and Nirma University, Ahmedabad; and as Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (all in India). She actively researches on social and developmental issues. Apart from contributions to journals and books, she has edited three academic journals. Among her 14 publications are: Protest Movement and Citizens’ Rights in Gujarat (2015); Land Rights in India: Policies, Movements and Challenges (2016); Journey towards Land Titling in India (2017); and India’s Scheduled Areas: Untangling Governance, Law and Politics (2019). A forthcoming publication is Electronic Waste Management in India: Opportunities and Challenges.
