The role of Record of Rights (Khatian) in determining title or possession: An overview
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2021-02-07
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(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh,
Abstract
Human beings are deeply related to land. Human beings take birth on land, live on land, die
on land and mixes with land ultimately. As stated in the holy Quran: ‘We (Allah) created you
(human beings) from the soil, we shall make you return to the soil and We shall call you back
again from the soil’ (20:55). Human life is surrounded by soil i.e. land. So, land is a highly
completed issue of human life involving economic, social, political, cultural and often religious
systems. Land administration is thus a critical element and often a pre-condition for peaceful
society and sustainable development. In administrating land, Khatian or record of rights plays
a vital role to determine the rights and interests of the respective parties as supportive
evidence. In this article, discussion is mainly made on the fact that Khatian or record of rights
is not a document of title solely but it may be an evidence of title as well as possession.
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Khatian,, Record of rights,, Land,, Title,, Possession