Gujarat govt to come up with ‘Gujarat Land Grabbing Prohibition Act’

Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat will come up with a bill called ‘Gujarat Land Grabbing Prohibition Act’ in upcoming monsoon session. Ahead of that, the State cabinet chaired by Chief Minister will on Wednesday move a proposal to this effect. Proposed act will have provision of setting up special courts that shall clear the cases pertaining to land grabbing crimes in maximum six months and will have power to order 10 to 14 years imprisonment, in addition to fine equal to Jantri value. The Government will appoint one public prosecutor in each such special court, that shall take legal actions against land grabbers in suo moto manner too. As per the new act, the burden of proof will be on person who is accused of land grabbing crime. Police officers not below the level of DySP will probe land grabbing related crimes. If the person contravening provisions of the proposed law is a company, every person, who at the time the contravention was committed, was in charge of the company, will be liable to be proceeded against. DeshGujarat