JKJA holds day long refresher training programme on Land Acquisition Laws
SRINAGAR: J&K Judicial Academy (JKJA) on Saturday organised a one-day refresher training programme on Land Acquisition Laws and provisions relating to just compensation and Execution of Award for district and sessions Judges of Kashmir Province including those on deputation at Judicial Academy.
The training course was held under the patronage of Chief Justice High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh Justice Pankaj Mithal who is also Patron-in-Chief, of J&K Judicial Academy and guidance of Chairperson Governing Committee for J&K Judicial Academy Justice Sindhu Sharma and Members of Governing Committee Justice Javed Iqbal Wani and Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal.
Former Judge of High Court of J&K Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar was the resource person for the refresher training programme.
During the technical session of the programme, Justice Attar educated the participants on key procedural aspects of laws governing land acquisition and discussed the concepts of fair compensation, rehabilitation, resettlement and other core issues in the process, in the light of provisions under “The Right to Fair Compensation, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013”.
He referred to various judicial pronouncements on the subject and also explained the procedural aspects of the execution of award in detail.
Earlier, Director, JKJA, Shahzad Azeem in his introductory address underscored the importance of Land Acquisition Laws in industrialisation and urbanising economies where land has to be acquired by state agencies for the sake of development of infrastructure and expansion.
He also underlined the pivotal role of the Judiciary while dealing with litigation on land acquisition matters for providing larger justice to the people and maintaining the correct social and economic equilibrium in society.
During the programme, an interactive session was also held where the participants discussed various aspects of topic and raised queries which were satisfactorily settled by the resource person.
