Lakshadweep row: Kerala HC denies stay on implementation of proposed law on land reforms
The Lakshadweep Development Authority Regulation, 2021 seeks to bring in sweeping changes to land use patterns in the islands. A photo of an island in Lakshadweep Capital Kavaratti. | Wikimedia Commons
The Kerala High Court on Friday refused to put a stay on the implementation of the Draft Lakshadweep Development Authority Regulation, 2021,
Live Law reported. The draft regulation is one of the proposals made by Lakshadweep Administrator Praful Khoda Patel, that has faced resistance from the locals and the Opposition.
Congress leader KP Noushad Ali had filed a petition to the Kerala High Court challenging the proposed law that seeks to bring in sweeping changes to land use patterns in the islands.