India: Land Law & Agriculture

The recent notification by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India of the Environment (Construction and Demolition) Waste Management Rules...

In a significant move to enhance transparency and accountability in the real estate sector, the Andhra Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (AP RERA) has issued...

This Article analyses the recent landmark decision of the Hon'ble High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammu in case titled Sugandha Sawhney v. Union of India & Ors. wherein the Hon'ble High Court has ordered for reduction of toll to 20% due to the highway being in a bad shape and has reiterated strict implementation of the 60 km toll rule.

y the way of the present legal note, the question – whether a relinquishment deed could be executed by a releasor in favor of only few releasee(s) of his choice or not.

The present legal update concerns the query that has been confounding vendors/buyers of immovable property viz-a-viz calculation of stamp duty in the State of Delhi

Conveyancing in India has evolved, and words like, ‘Qabuliyatnama', ‘Jagirdar', ‘Muafidar' and ‘Charpatra (Redemption of rent)' etc., are occurring from ancient days in the Indian literature.

In a significant move to enhance transparency and accountability in the real estate sector, the Andhra Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (AP RERA) has issued...

Whilst delving into the validity of forfeiture of "advance money" advanced by the purchaser as part-payment towards sale of property, the Supreme Court in K.R. Suresh v. R. Poornima...

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, while aiming for a unified tax structure, has encountered persistent challenges in its application to land-related rights.

The Delhi High Court in Pr. Commissioner of Income Tax Delhi-11 Vs Ms. Sangeeta Jain, held that a sale deed primarily reflects a transaction between the parties and the terms of sale, but it does not, in itself, verify the land's classification as agricultural for the taxation purposes.

As per the Economic Survey, the agriculture sector contributes approximately 16% of the country's GDP for FY24 at current prices and supports about 46.1% of the population.

Summary: The question of whether an invention for a method of treatment of plants is also a method of agriculture or horticulture, and therefore, excluded from patentability, has been laid to rest by multiple.