The Government of Karnataka on March 18, 2025, issued the Karnataka Land Grabbing Prohibition (Amendment) Bill, 2025 to further amend the Karnataka Land Grabbing Prohibition Act, 2011.
The following amendments have been stated:
• In section 2, in clause (d), in sub-clause (i), after the proviso, the following shall be inserted, namely:-
“Provided further that, where any action has been initiated on lands under sections 39, 104 or 67 of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act No. 12 of 1964) by any competent authority, the same shall be excluded.
Provided also that, the distances herein shall be reckoned aerially and in no other manner.”
• In section 4, in subsection (3), for the words “twenty five thousand rupees”, the words “fifty thousand rupees”, shall be substituted.
• In section 5, in clause (e), for the words “twenty five thousand rupees”, the words “fifty thousand rupees”, shall be substituted.
• For section 12, the following shall be substituted, namely:-
“12. Staff of the special court.- (1) The Government shall appoint officers and other employees required to assist the Special Court in the discharge of its functions under this Act.
(2) The categories of officers and employees who may be appointed under subsection (1), their salaries, allowances, method of recruitment and other conditions of service shall be such as may be prescribed. The administrative powers of officers and employees appointed under sub-section (1) may be specified by the Chairman of the Special Court.”
It shall come into force at once.
[LA Bill No. 15 of 2025]
