The Indian SC Ask J&K HC to Decide on its Annulment of Roshni Act

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NEW DELHI, 21 December 2020, (TON): The Indian Supreme Court today asked the Jammu and Kashmir High Court to decide on December 21, today, the petitions seeking review of its verdict scrapping the Roshni Act which was considered illegal by J&K High Court as it was giving rights to the occupants of State land.

The Roshni Act was enacted in 2001 with the twin objective of generating resources for financing power projects and conferment of proprietary rights to the occupants of State land.

Tushar Mehta told the top court that Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has already filed a review petition in the high court and said that the authority is "not against bonafide and common people who are not land grabbers".

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court had on October 9 declared the Roshni Act "illegal, unconstitutional and unsustainable", and ordered a CBI probe into the allotment of land under this law.

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