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Property Damage Recovery Law Passed In Haryana

Property Damage Recovery Law Passed In Haryana: Seal on property damage recovery law passed in Haryana, agitators have to pay if they damage public property.

The new Property Damage Recovery Act enacted by the government, sensing the intention of damaging the property by the miscreants in the successive agitations in Haryana.

This law gives freedom to anyone to agitate, but does not allow them to have wrong intentions under the guise of agitation.

The Property Damage Recovery Bill -2021, passed after a huge uproar in the budget session of the Legislative Assembly, has now become law after the seal of Governor Satyadev Narayan Arya.

On the lines of the Yogi government of Uttar Pradesh, now in Haryana too, provision has been made for the recovery of heavy fines from miscreants to jail.

After the enactment of the new law, the state government is now engaged in the exercise of creating a property damage recovery tribunal.

The name of a retired senior judge will be decided for the chairman of the tribunal after talking to the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

It will also include an officer in the rank of Director General of Police. The tribunal will also appoint a Claim Commissioner further.

The special thing is that the tribunal will neither be permanent nor for the entire state. This will only work in districts where violence or loss of government property has occurred.

Victims will submit their complaints to the Deputy Commissioners, after which action will be taken not only on those who damage the property but also those who invoke or lead the riots.

The case of the Jat reservation agitation in Haryana, or the violence and arson after the arrest of Rampal and the conviction of Gurmeet, has damaged public and private property worth thousands of crores of rupees.

During the last six months of the agitation of farmers’ organizations, there has also been loss due to violent confrontation at various places.

At such a time, the Governor has signed a new law and has given a strong message to those who are getting wrong intentions under the guise of the movement.

With the implementation of the new law, the agitating leaders will not be able to plead that their movement was peaceful and external elements caused violence and damage to property.

Not only those who commit violence, but also those who lead the agitators will be compensated for the loss.

Tribunal will provide compensation of up to ten crore rupees.

The formation of tribunals will make the determination of compensation just and transparent. An application for compensation in respect of property damage done by the tribunal will have to be made within 21 days.

The tribunal may determine compensation up to ten crore rupees. If non-payment of penalty, the amount including interest will be recovered. For this, property can be attached from sealing accounts.

During the agitation, the security forces are called if the law and order situation deteriorates, then their expenses will also be recovered from the agitators.

In the movement, any movable and immovable property, including vehicles, animals, jewelery and all such property, which is worth more than one thousand rupees, can be claimed to compensate for it.

If the damaged property is insured, the amount received from the company will be adjusted to the compensation amount and the same amount will be given back to the insurance company.

Cannot be allowed to sabotage

Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij says that if personal and government property is damaged in a systematic manner in the name of the movement, then it cannot be called a democratic movement.

It is necessary to determine the accountability of the leadership of the movements that harm citizens and government property. We will ensure that no injustice is done to anyone.

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