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Land Laws · July/August 2019
July/August 2019 · Land Laws · Semester 4
FACULTY OF LAW
LL.B. (3 YDC) / LL.B. (Hon.) (3 YDC) II - Year IV - Semester (New) Examination, July / August 2019
Subject: LAW
PAPER - IV: LAND LAWS
Code: 15119/N | Time: 3 Hours | Max. Marks: 80
PART - A (5 x 6 = 30 Marks) — Answer any FIVE of the following:
1. Doctrine of Eminent Domain.
2. Ryotwary Settlement.
3. Jagirs and Inams.
4. Land Acquisition Act.
5. IX Schedule of the Constitution.
6. Patta.
7. Scheduled Areas.
8. R.O.R.
PART - B (2 x 15 = 30 Marks) — Answer any TWO of the following:
9. Explain the Doctrine of Bona Vacantia.
10. Explain the salient features of the Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Land Holdings) Act,
1973.
11. Explain the Land Acquisition and Resettlement Act, 2013.
12. Explain the effectiveness of the A.P . Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act.
PART - C (2 x 10 = 20 Marks) — Answer any TWO of the following:
13. The Government of T.S. has given a lease of land situated in a scheduled area to A. BG, who is a
tribe and owner of such land, objects to it. Decide.
14. A was a Zamindar owning 100 acres of land used for agriculture. Is it possible for him to retain
the ownership of the entire land even after the coming into force of the A.P . Land Reforms (Ceiling
on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973? Explain with reasons.
15. A land reforms legislation has been included in the IX Schedule in 2009. Can its validity be
challenged on the ground of violation of fundamental rights?
16. The Government of T.S. proposed to acquire wet agricultural lands from farmers in order to allot
those lands to the Airport. A farmer wants to challenge it. Advise him.