4th Year BLS

LAND LAWS
TOPICS FOR RESEARCH ARTICLE

The Maharashtra Stamp Act,1958

1 Constitutional Provisions, Objects of the Maharashtra Stamp Act,1958
2.Payment of stamp duty; How stamp duty is to be paid
3.Time limit for stamping Instruments
4.Adjudication of Stamp duty
5.Impouding of Instruments
6.Admissibility of instruments which are not duly stamped
7. Instrument which are not properly stamped by accident
8. Prosecution for stamp law offences
9. Allowances for stamps that are spoilt,misused or not required for use.

The Maharashtra Regional And Town Planning (MRTP)

Act,1966
10) Control of Development under MRTP Act.
11)Unauthorized Development under MRTP Act
12)Acquisition of Land under MRTP Act.

The Maharashtra Housing & Area Development Act,1976

(MHADA)

13) The Mumbai Repairs and Reconstruction Board: its Powers and Duties
14) The Mumbai Repairs and Reconstruction Cess.
15) Structural Repairs under MHADA
16) Acquisition of cessed proprieties for co-operative societies.

The Development Control Regulations,1991

17) Floor Space Index (FSI)
18) Transfer of Development Rights (TDR)
19) Heritage Buildings and Precincts.

The Maharashtra Land Revenue Code,1966

20) Use of Land under MLRC,1966
21) Removal and regularization of encroachment under MLRC
22) Grant of Sanad
23) Record of Rights
24) Nistar Patrak
25) Wajib-ul-Arz
26) Appeals, revision and review under MLRC

The Maharashtra Rent Control Act,1999

27) Fixation of standard rent and permitted increases
28) Recovery of possession of premises by the landlord.

The Registration Act,1908

29) Documents of which registration is Compulsory
30) Documents of which registration is optional
31) Time limits for registering documents
32) Effects of non-registration of documents.

The Environment (Protection) Act,1986: Coastal

Regulation Zones (CRZ)
33) Areas Covered by the Coastal Regulation Zone
34) Prohibited and regulated Activities
35) Classification of Coastal Regulation Zones

The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land

Acquisition, Rehabilitation And Resettlement Act,2013
36) Social Impact Assessment (SIA)
37) Special Provisions to safeguard food security: Acquisition of irrigated multi-
cropped land
38) Notification and acquisition of land
40) Rehabilitation and resettlement Award
41) Procedure and manner of rehabilitation and resettlement
42) National and State Monitoring Committees for rehabilitation and resettlement
43) Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement
44) Apportionment and Payment of Compensation