Land Laws
Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University · LL.B. Semester 5
Unit 1 — Constitutional Provisions [5 units]
1.1 Right to property - Art - 300A. · 1.2 Agrarian Reforms (Article 31A, B, C) and the First, Fourth and Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution · 1.3 Eminent Domain.
Unit 2 — The Maharashtra Land Revenue Code - 1966 [20 units]
2.1. Definitions Under Land Revenue Code. · 2.2 Revenue Officers · 2.3 Record of Rights · 2.4 Non-Agricultural use of Land · 2.5 Appeal and Revision
Unit 3 — The Land Acquisition Act: The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 [20 units]
3.1 Definitions · 3.2. Determination Social Impact and Public Purpose · 3.3. Notification and Acquisition · 3.4 Rehabilitation and Resettlement Award · 3.5 Procedure and Manner of Rehabilitation and Resettlement · 3.6 Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Settlement Authority. · 3.7 Apportionment of Compensation · 3.8 Payment · 3.8 Offenses and Penalties
Unit 4 — The Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 [15 units]
4.1. Definitions under Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 · 4.2. Fixation of standard rent and permitted increase · 4.3 Recovery of possession of premises and procedure · 4.4. Special provisions for recovery of possession of premises of scientists and Members of Armed Forces. · 4.5. Provisions regarding to Land Lord's duty not to cut off or withhold essential supply or service.
Unit 5 — The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 and the Maharashtra Real Estate Rules, 2017 [24 units]
5.1 Object and Application of the Act; Housing Policies of Governments. · 5.2 Meaning of the terms- advertisement, allottee, apartment, building, carpet area, commencement certificate, common areas, competent authority, completion certificate, development, development works, estimated cost of real estate project, garage, interest, occupancy certificate, promoter, prospectus, real estate agent, real estate project, sanctioned plan. · 5.3 Registration of Real Estate Project, procedure, consequences of non-registration · 5.4 Registration of Real Estate Agents, procedure and consequences of non-registration. · 5.5 Functions, duties and liabilities of real estate agents · 5.6 Relationship Between Parties : 1. Functions, duties, obligations and liabilities of a Promoter - from advertisement to completion of project 2. Publication on web-site, effect 3. Transfer of Title, Agreement for sale 4. Rights, duties and liabilities of allottees. · 5.7 Authorities, Tribunal, and Remedies :1. Real Estate Regulatory Authority: Establishment, Incorporation, Composition 2. Qualification of Chairpersons and Members, Meetings, Powers and functions 3. Filing of Complaints, Enforcement of orders, Appearance in Person and Legal Representation 4. Effect of the Act, Bar of jurisdiction 5. Appeals.