Gujarat High Court Issues Guidelines To Be Complied By Committee Dealing With Land Grabbing Proceedings
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Gujarat High Court Issues Guidelines To Be Complied By Committee Dealing With Land Grabbing Proceedings

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While hearing a land grabbing case, the Gujarat High Court issued comprehensive guidelines to be followed by the Committee notified under the Gujarat Land Grabbing Act, 2020 and relevant rules which conducts inquiry in such cases. The guidelines were issued by a division bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Pranav Trivedi for compliance by the Committee that conducts the inquiry under the Gujarat Land Grabbing Act, 2020 and Gujarat Land Grabbing Rules, 2020 states: “ Each District Committee shall have a Secretariat. The Inquiry Officer while conducting the inquiry as per subrule of Rule 5 of the Gujarat Land Grabbing Rules, 2020 shall take into consideration all the documents filed by the parties during the course of inquiry including the revenue records for submission of the inquiry report. Notably the committee defined under Gujarat Land Grabbing Act means a committee notified from time to time by the State Government under the chairmanship of District Collector for the purposes of this Act.

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India TV News  

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