A Division Bench of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has ruled the all acts under the erstwhile Roshni Law as “unconstitutional” and issued a slew of directions for retrieving the vast tracts of land whose ownership has been vested to the encroachers. It has asked the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) to initiate criminal proceedings against powerful individuals for abusing the particular law to their benefit. It said the scheme promoted ‘loot to own’ and is an unprecedented piece of law that incentivised criminal activity.
The 64-page verdict has passed serious strictures against the people who enacted the law asserting the “object of the enactment is completely illegal and unacceptable.” The verdict says the “unconstitutional” scheme is illegal and “unsustainable”.
The bill was legislated during Dr Farooq Abdullah government on November 9, 2001, got Raj Bhawan assent, four days later. In the subsequent years, however, it underwent substantial amendments in 2004 and 2007. The major changes were impacted during Ghulam Nabi Azad government when it actually was converted into a sort of largesse asking revenue authorities to effect changes in the revenue records and deliver the allotment papers at the encroachers’ doorsteps for free. The law was repealed by the then Governor Satyapal Malik on December 7, 2018.
CONTROVERSIES
More than 22 months after it was repealed, the Roshi has triggered the discovery of various dark tunnels that were created in its implementation. Some were identified by the petitioners and many are part of the judgement. In fact, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has given the tip of the iceberg in its March 2013 report.
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Before The Kabul Retreat
Described as the ‘Graveyard of Empires’, Afghanistan was always termed to be at peace when it was at war. But the land-locked desert country that was always in turmoil and one of the worst targets of the Great Game suffered immensely throughout, especially in the last 40 years, Masood Hussain writes
FINGERS CROSSED
Almost everybody in academia and politics that Khalid Bashir Gura spoke to, the response over Kabul happens was simple – wait and watch
Parliamentary Committee In Srinagar
The visiting 28-member Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs have had detailed interactions with top civil administration and discussed developmental scenario and people’s welfare measures in Jammu and Kashmir. It is on a 4-day visit. Congress leader and MP Anand Sharma is heading the committee.
MUSIC IN MUD HOUSE
Deep into north Kashmir, Faheem Mir meet a small community that sings and lives on folk music but is facing a tense situation in the last few years
THE KABUL SPILLOVER?
Security experts are divided over the possible impact of the Kabul situation on Kashmir. But the dramatic Taliban triumph has altered the region’s geopolitics, for the time being, writes Riyaz Wani
Durga Bhawan At Katra
To enhancing facilities for the convenience of the Vaishno Devi pilgrims, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha laid the foundation for the Durga Bhawan, a high utility pilgrim-centric facility worth Rs 24.4 crore. The facility will accommodate 4000 pilgrims.
Women Empowerment
In the first, 480 talented girls from Jammu and Kashmir were included in the degree and diploma courses of the Pragati Scholarship. Jammu and Kashmir has also got nine scholarships under the Saksham Scheme for Persons with Disabilities.
‘SOME HISTORIANS BELIEVE THAT AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT IS THE OUTCOME OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN KASHMIR STAND-OFF'
Foreign policy expert and editor of HardNews magazine, Sanjay Kapoor believes that Taliban 2.0 has more legitimacy unlike in the past as it had signed a deal with the US and negotiated with other countries of the region, but the final verdict can be passed only after it manages ticklish issues involving half of its population, the women
Boredom Is Creative?
Getting bored is not as boring as it gets, writes Azra Hussain
LG In Bangus
Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha inaugurated the Bungus Awaam Mela amidst grand arrangements for village games, exhilarating local performances, and other activities to celebrate the 75th year of Independence.
