Land Litigation in India: Learnings from a Study on Land Litigation in Delhi

Land litigation is a serious concern in India. It is estimated that – more than two-thirds of litigations are related to land or property. This has a bearing on a rapidly developing economy like India since land is a factor of production. In a new working paper, Devendra Damle and Karan Gulati present results of their study on land-related litigation in the Delhi High Court. The study tests the prevalent hypotheses regarding land-litigation in India: that it forms a large proportion of the caseload of Indian courts. Second, that the quality of property records is to blame for the large volume and length of the litigation. Finally, that this high volume of cases is because of the complexity created by the multitude of laws that govern land and property. In order to do so, the authors present a novel data-set of case-level data from the Delhi High Court. This seminar had Devendra Damle and Karan Gulati present and discuss their study and its findings. This will be followed by brief remarks by Kshitij Batra and Namita Wahi. The seminar will conclude with an open discussion. The discussion will be moderated by Anirudh Burman. RELATED CONTENT 1. Devendra Damle and Karan Gulati, Characterising land and property related litigation at the Delhi High Court, August 26, 2021, NIPFP Working Paper Series: https://nipfp.org.in/media/medialibra... 2. Anirudh Burman, India has to attack causes of land litigation. Modi’s Ease of Doing Business depends on it, July 1, 2019, ThePrint: https://theprint.in/opinion/india-has... 3. Namita Wahi, Indian courts clogged with land disputes because laws keep conflicting each other, June 26, 2019, ThePrint: https://theprint.in/opinion/indian-co... PANELISTS: Anirudh Burman Devendra Damle Karan Gulati Kshitij Batra Namita Wahi 00:00- Introduction Subscribed to Carnegie India on YouTube? ► https://bit.ly/CarnegieIndia Get more focused research by subscribing to our monthly newsletter: https://carnegieindia.org/resources/r... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Carnegie India Socials: Instagram:   / carnegieind.  . (@CarnegieIndia) Twitter:   / carnegieindia   Website: https://carnegieindia.org/?lang=en YouTube:    / carnegieindia   (‪@CarnegieIndia‬ ) ----------------------------------------------------------------------