Issue Brief on “New Land Rules in IIOJ&K: Proverbial Last Nail in the Coffin”

2040

The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs through an order on October 26, 2020 amended 14 land laws of the Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and repealed 11 other laws.[1] This step is considered as the last nail in the coffin of the process which began on August, 5, 2019 in which India snatched away the autonomy of the Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir by revoking article 370 and 35-A.

IIOJK: Land for Sale

Major amendments have been made in the laws that deal with ownership, purchase and sale of the land in the Indian occupied Valley. These laws include: The J&K Development Act 1970; The J&K Land Revenue Act, 1996; The Agrarian Reforms Act, 1976; and The J&K Land Grants Act, 1960.

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