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TopicLand Dispute

Topic: Land Dispute

Royal land dispute reopened, 14 yrs on: Rs 400 cr case involving Rajasthan dy CM Diya Kumari’s family

Jaipur Development Authority’s appeal against 2011 trial court order that declared erstwhile royal family of Diya Kumar as owner of land was dismissed by HC in September 2025.

Registration Bill 2025 is the BNS of property rights. It can reduce land disputes

Every piece of legislation should have an inbuilt date of review to ensure that changes are made by design, rather than by default or to score political brownie points.

SC pushes for digital overhaul of India’s ‘traumatic’ land registration system — ‘from paper to blockchain’

While hearing a property registration dispute in Bihar, SC asks why sale and purchase of property in India remain so complex and unreliable.

Relief for marginal farmers, not companies—how Supreme Court drew distinction in Singur land matter

Top court was hearing appeal by West Bengal govt against high court order to restore land that was acquired for the now-discontinued Tata Motors' Nano plant, to a ceramics company.

India’s land acquisition disputes have a way out. Both Japan and Gujarat have used it

India’s archaic land laws fuel delays, cost overruns and gridlock in everything from highways to housing. Something has to give.

Why Punjab & Haryana HC brought up ‘Ardhanarishvara’ to decide decades-old land dispute case

Judge was evaluating spousal testimony in property dispute in Faridabad and upheld lower court order in favour of buyers.

How Yamuna’s shifting course has fuelled a decades-long land ownership tussle between Haryana & UP

Punjab & Haryana HC has directed Surveyor General of India to study the river's changing trajectory & its impact on the 2 states to resolve the ongoing land disputes along its banks.

Armed with land papers, Agra farmer tills park with sunset view of Taj, proposed as ‘cultural hub’

Farmer Munna Lal says his father & uncle were registered cultivators of the land, but it was taken away in urban ceiling action in 1976. However, court ruled in family's favour in 1998.

In Bihar’s Nawada, Dalits live in fear after homes burnt over land feud. ‘Hamein jameen ka parcha chahiye’

About 200 people live in fear in cramped tarpaulin tents not far from their charred homes. As politics takes over, all they want is to go back home.

Political power play, ‘gang rivalry’ & a 600-sq-yard land — saga of Haryana INLD chief’s murder 

INLD’s Haryana chief’s killing in broad daylight earlier this week brought to light the rivalry between Bahadurgarh’s Rathees. At the heart of it was disputed a 640-sq-yard plot. 

On Camera

What is the cost of this ‘Nobody’s War’ in Iran? Morality

In the Mahabharata, Vidur says sacrifice is needed for the greater good. This begs the question: What is the 'greater good' in the Iran War?

Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.