--- title: "What is the object of the Land Acquisition Act?" description: "What is the object of the Land Acquisition Act?" author: "Lily Chitlangiya" published: 2021-12-06 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94242/what-is-the-object-of-the-land-acquisition-act category: "law & legal issues" tags: ["laws", "laws and legal issues"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # What is the object of the Land Acquisition Act? What is the object of the Land Acquisition Act? \ ## Answers ### Answer by Sanjay Goenka The **main objective of the Land Acquisition Act** is to **provide fair compensation**, **rehabilitation, and transparency in Land Acquisition** by the [government](https://www.india.gov.in/my-government) for personal or public use. \ ![What is the object of the Land Acquisition Act?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/be83bca1-b0a8-435f-b98c-b081b2c0d724/images/debd5b37-245c-450a-bcc8-ffc4e53a2ae7.jpeg)\ \ **Why do we need such Act?** When we select an authority to govern the public of the nation then it is obvious that it will make **some policies for the development of the society** and the people of the nation. Here the word **development means the infrastructure, roads, gardens, transports** like rail any many other purposes, then the authority needs the land for development and he has the right to take out our land but, in place of our land, he will compensate us as according to the value of our land and area. For the assurance of **justifiable compensation and to avail legal remedy** there should be some rules and statutes should be given by the law. **These statutes are called the act which is justified by the Supreme of the nation.** \ **[Land Acquisition Act 1894](https://dolr.gov.in/sites/default/files/THE%20LAND%20ACQUISITION%20ACT.pdf)** The act was formulated during the period of the **[British government](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39547/which-event-led-the-british-government-of-lord-north-to-undertake-a-legislation-to-meet-the-situation-and-provide-some-form-of-legal-government-for)** of then India and it was passed by the **Imperial Legislative Council**. Which was **enacted in 1894**. This act was passed by the Britishers who were having the jurisdiction of India in terms of the policies and development of the nation. **They used to occupy the land of the people** with the help of their own made rule in the act and this led to the movement of the Indian people. \ ![What is the object of the Land Acquisition Act?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/be83bca1-b0a8-435f-b98c-b081b2c0d724/images/578546af-4954-47b6-856d-0bb50a292914.jpeg)\ \ **[Land acquisition act 2013](https://dolr.gov.in/acts-rules-policiesacts/acts)** It was the need of the time because the people of the country were ruled by the so **old act of 1894**. And as the society was changed and according to the **philosopher of the law** says that the law should be changed as the change happens in the society. and the Bill for Changement in the act was **introduced on 7 September 2011 in the Lok Sabha** and it was **passed on 29 August 2013 by the lower house** of the parliament and **passed by the Rajya Sabha on 4 September 2013**. And the act came into **force on 1 January 2014.** know more [section 75 of city police act?](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94255/what-denotes-sec-75-of-the-city-police-act) --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94242/what-is-the-object-of-the-land-acquisition-act Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.