HOW THE LEGAL SYSTEM UNDERSTANDS ENCROACHMENT ON COMMON LANDS

The third edition of report focuses on the drivers, impacts, and systemic issues affecting local communities. The India chapter, produced by LCW, looks at 128 conflicts from 2023 and identifies the most vulnerable stakeholders.

How land conflicts define communities’ demands ahead of general elections

Analysis of legislations, legal loopholes and judicial interventions in over 600 on-going land conflicts.

Analysis of Supreme Court and High Court judgements on common lands.

In December 2021, the NCR Planning Board issued the Draft Regional Plan, 2041. These are the objections and suggestions submitted by Land Conflict Watch to the Board.

This draft paper, presented at a discussion forum of the Property Rights Research Consortium in July 2021, undertakes an interim analysis of 242 conflicts, demonstrating how research questions can be answered using the information available in the database.

Using the Land Conflict Watch database of nearly 800 ongoing land conflicts in India, we analysed the impact, cause, and legal framework of the land conflicts in each of the states going to polls in April 2021

Paper prepared for presentation at the 2020 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty.

Paper prepared for presentation at the 2020 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty.

Paper prepared for presentation at the 2020 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty.

An analysis of over 700 ongoing land conflicts and a study of the social, economic and legislative factors causing these conflicts. It lays the foundation for future investigations and research around the political economy of land in India.

An interim analysis of 289 ongoing land conflicts in the country. The study provides inferences about the spatial and sectoral distribution of these conflicts and how they affect close to 32 lakh people, thus revealing the structural flaws in the social, agrarian and institutional structures.