“Right To Property Is Human Right”: J&K, Ladakh HC Directs Army To Pay 46 Yrs Rent To Land Owner

The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh held that the right to property now falls within the realm of human rights. Disposing of a petition, Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal directed the Army, which had occupied the parcel of the petitioner’s land since 1978, to pay the rent accumulated over the last 46 years within a month.