India, Sept. 21 -- India's land disputes suffer from more than judicial delay. The deeper problem is fragmentation: records, maps, title and possession are handled by different institutions and often through disconnected processes. A purpose-built Bhu Nyaya Sanhita could bring them together, making land justice faster, simpler and, crucially, complete

India's land disputes do not merely take too long. They are processed through a system that misreads how land conflicts arise. A land dispute seldom turns on abstract legal right alone. It rests on three connected elements: the record, the map and possession. The record says who claims the right. The map says where that right lies. Possession shows who occupies or uses the land. Justice is ...