Encrochment

Coming down harshly on the land grabbing prevalent in the various parts of the country, especially the areas relating to village, the Supreme Court in a decision pronounced yesterday [Jagpal Singh v. State of Punjab] has not only expressed its displeasure on such activities, but has also gone on to direct the Chief Secretaries of all states in India to prepare reports in this regard. The Court took note of the rise in such unscrupulous tendencies in Independent India to hold that it was high time that stern action was required to be undertaken in this regard.