LAND LAWS L T P C

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Section 1
1. Introduction

2. Nature and Extent of Programme in [Subject]

3. Aims of the Bachelor / Master Degree in Law
4. Graduate Attributes in the Subject (Optional)
5. Qualification Descriptors (Optional)
6. Programme Learning Outcomes (PLO)

7. Programme Structure (for all semester):

Semester: [VII]
Course Nature CIA Marks End
Course Name F P Cred
Code of the W O AT Sem.
M M it
Course T T T Mark
H s
Land Laws CC 100 40 10 5 5 80 4

Total = Total =
ACRONYMS (as applicable)
CC: Core Courses FM: Full Marks PM: Pass Marks
DS: Discipline Specific Electives T: Theory P: Practical
GE: Generic Electives WT: Written Test OTH: Other Component
AE: Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses ATT: Attendance V: Viva
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 SE: Skill Enhancement Courses J: Project F: Field Work
AC: Additional Compulsory Courses (Foundation) A: Foundation Course

8. Teaching - learning process

9. Assessment methods

Section 02

Course Code: [Name of the Course], [Credit], [Semester], [Nature of the Course]
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
CLO1: To be suitable to become a good legal adjudicator in resolving land disputes
CLO2: To understand the regulatory framework relating to land.
CLO3: Understand the history of the land system in India
CLO4: Have a fair idea about the West Bengal Land Reforms Act 1955
CLO5: Have a fair idea of land acquisition and rehabilitation
CLO6: Understand the modern trends of land legislation in India

Course Description

This course is an education offering to the global community of law professionals. Its purpose and
content plans are centered on legal framework with specific emphasis to the land reforms and tenancy
matters. This course is an introduction to legal industry specific disciplines. Law is a requisite to prepare
legal documents and obtain the correct signatures of vesting property owners to ensure the document is
legal and enforceable. This course provides an awareness of the disciplines involved in legal framework
related to land.

Course Content (for all the Paper in the Programme)

M Modul Topic(s) Description N M Cre Associated

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Name r of Outcome (CLO)
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I Constit Fundamen History of Land 15 25
utional tal Rights revenue system
Perspec Property in India;
tives as Legal Doctrine of
Right eminent domain:
Agricultur the doctrine of
al Reform Escheat,
Legislativ Movement of
e Powers Law reforms:
The Pre-Independent
Union and position;
the State Agricultural
Local Reform;
Bodies Property as
Constituti Legal Right;
onal Fundamental
Provisions Rights;
on Legislative
Agrarian Powers
Reform The Union and
Legislatio the State Local
n Bodies;
Constitutional
Provisions on
Agrarian Reform
Legislation;
Conflict between
right to property
& agrarian
reform.
II Post West Concept and 15 15
Indepen Bengal definitions;
dence Land Raiyats,
Reform Reforms restriction on
s Act, 1955 alienation of
land by persons
belonging to
Scheduled tribes,
record of rights,
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 ceiling on land
held by a raiyat,
bargadar,
consolidation of
lands- farming
society, land
revenue
administration,
dispute
resolution
mechanism.

II Changi Concept The West Bengal 15 20

I ng of Premises Tenancy Act,
Concep Apartment 1997; The West Bengal
ts of and Flat Apartment Ownership
Land Benefits Act 1972, The
of Registration Act, 1908,
Registrati The West Bengal
on under Registration Rules,
the Act 1962
Law
Relating West Bengal Building
to (Regulation of
PromotersPromotion of
& Construction and
DeveloperTransfer by Promoters)
s Act, 1993; Real Estate
(Regulation &
Development) Act
2016; West Bengal
Housing Industry
Act,2017
I Concep West West Bengal Estate 15 20
V t of Bengal Acquisition Act, 1953
Land Estate with up-to-date
Acquisi Acquisitio amendments
tion and n Act, West Bengal Urban
Rehabil 1953 with Land (Ceiling &
itation up-to-date Regulation) Act, 1976
amendme Right to Fair
nts Compensation and

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 West Transparency in Land
Bengal Acquisition,
Urban Rehabilitation and
Land Resettlement Act,
(Ceiling 2013;
&
Regulatio Land Acquisition & the
n) Act, National Highways
1976 Act, 1956
Land
Acquisitio
n,
Rehabilita
tion and
Resettlem
ent Act,
2013;
National
Highways
Act, 1956

References

1. Michael Lipton, Land Reform in Developing Countries: Property Rights and Property Wrongs, 2009,
Routledge
2. Michael Albertus, Property without Rights: Origins and Consequences of the Property Rights Gap,
2021, Cambridge University Press

Text Books

1. A. N Saha, The West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955, 9th Edition 2019, Eastern Law House, Kolkata
2. Babu Sarkar; R. Cambray’s Land Laws of West Bengal; 5th Edition 2022; R.Cambray & Co. Private
Ltd.
3. Justice M. R. Mallick, Kamal’s Commentaries on West Bengal land Reforms Act, 1955, 11th Edition,
2020, Kamal Law House, Kolkata

Bare Acts (State Government Publications)

1. The West Bengal Apartment Ownership Act 1972
2. Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and
Resettlement Act, 2013
3. West Bengal Estate Acquisition Act, 1953 with up-to-date amendments
4. West Bengal Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976
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 5. The West Bengal Building (Regulation of Promotion of Construction And Transfer by Promoters)
Act, 1993
6. Real Estate (Regulation & Development), 2016
7. The West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1997
8. The Registration Act, 1908
9. The West Bengal Registration Rules, 1962
10. West Bengal Building (Regulation of Promotion of Construction and Transfer by Promoters) Act,
1993
11. West Bengal Housing Industry Act,2017
12. National Highways Act, 1956

CLO/PLO Mapping
CLO PLO1 PLO2 PL03 PLO4 PLO5 PLO6 PLO7
/
PLO
CLO
1
CLO
2
CLO
3
CLO
4
CLO
5
CLO
6

Section 3

Final PLO/CLO Mapping

Programme Learning Outcome (PLO)

Courses
PL PL … … PLOn
O1 O2 . .
Course 01
Course 02
..
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Course N
Final
Outcome