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Land Laws · December 2020
December 2020 · Land Laws · Semester 4
FACULTY OF LAW
LL.B. (3 YDC) / LL.B. (Hon.) (3 YDC) II - Year IV - Semester / B.A. LL.B. (5 YDC) IV - Year VIII - Semester
Examination, December 2020
Subject: LAW
PAPER - IV: LAND LAWS
Code: 5126 | Time: 2 Hours | Max. Marks: 80
PART - A (4 x 10 = 40 Marks) — Answer any FOUR of the following:
1. Classification of Lands.
2. Definition of lands.
3. Doctrine of Eminent Domain.
4. Zamindari Settlement.
5. Rehabilitation.
6. Scheduled Areas.
7. R.O.R. Proceedings.
8. Role of Reserve Courts.
PART - B (1 x 20 = 20 Marks) — Answer any ONE of the following:
9. Define Land. Explain the classification of land on the basis of ownership.
10. Who are intermediaries? Explain the land reform related laws aiming at abolition of
intermediaries.
11. Explain the procedure to acquire private land for a public purpose as envisaged under the Land
Acquisition Act, 1894.
12. Explain the effectiveness of the A.P . Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act.
PART - C (1 x 20 = 20 Marks) [Note: two of these questions were partly obscured in the source
photograph.] — Answer any ONE of the following:
13. The Government of T.S. has given a lease of land situated in a scheduled area to A. B, a tribal,
objects to it. Decide.
14. The Government has acquired 10 acres of land to construct a stadium from A. A wants to
protest as the compensation is meagre. What is the remedy available to A?
15. A land reform legislation was included in the IX Schedule of the Constitution in 2009. Can its
validity be challenged on the ground of violation of fundamental rights?
16. A tribal person intends to transfer his land situated in a region not declared as a scheduled area.
Can he transfer the land by sale to a non-tribal?