Land Rights To Take Centre Stage In Jammu Kashmir Assembly Amid ‘Dispossession’ Fears

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Land Rights To Take Centre Stage In Jammu Kashmir Assembly Amid ‘Dispossession’ Fears

Both ruling and opposition legislators are planning to introduce private members’ bills seeking to restore old land laws and prevent arbitrary evictions of residents.

Srinagar: In the upcoming session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, the protection of land rights for residents is expected to dominate the nine-day proceedings. Both ruling and opposition legislators are set to introduce their respective private members' bills.

The ruling National Conference legislator, Tanvir Sadiq, has submitted ‘The Jammu and Kashmir Land Grants (Restoration and Protection) Bill, 2025’, aimed at repealing the Grant Rules 2022. The rules cleared in the absence of an elected g