Gujarat Land Grabbing Act: Comparative and Analytical Analysis of Absence of Right to Appeal
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https://doi.org/10.18196/iclr.v7i2.22136Keywords:
appeal rights, criminal law reform, legal representation, miscarriage of justice, possessory rights disputesAbstract
This article connotes a comparative and analytical lens to the right to appeal against the conviction, sentencing or acquittal and against the judgment deciding the possessory rights under the Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act 2020 that legislates the punitive and civil subject-matter. It is introduced in State of Gujarat, India, by categorically absenting the provision of appeal. The article advocates the logical importance of the appeal and also compares the appealing provisions in other criminal and civil laws of India and other countries. The article argues that the notable interconnection in how appeals have been gestated in Indian civilized society. Secondly, this article highlights the negative effect of the absence of the right to appeal to the victim or accused and the litigant for the possessory civil rights. Thirdly, it also touches on the issues of human error and mistake, by the judge or jury, as a common motion of human existence. Hence, the examination by the sufficiently more judges strengthen the justice system. Fourthly, the State of Gujarat is bound to codify the right of appeal in the law as India is a signatory of ICPCR 1966 which, under Article 14, has engrafted provision to provide the right of appeal
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