Court Orders
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday came out strongly in support of Bangalore lake conservation and set the ball rolling with a direction to implement the recommendations on the development of Bangalore lakes, made by the Justice N K Patil committee report submitted in February. The division bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka High Court directed the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (Greater Bangalore Municipal Body) to evolve a mechanism in two months time to prevent fire accidents in high rise buildings resulting in loss of human lives. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice A S Bopanna passed the order while hearing a [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka high court has said that public auction of a property can be resorted to only after it is free from encroachment. The petitioners have claimed that though proceedings were initiated against the accused, it was not taken to its logical end and the authorities are trying to auction the land without removing the [...] Continue Reading »
The Mumbai civil court has ordered the demolition of an under-construction building in Borivli (W). The judge has ordered Himanshu Shah of Noopur Developers to pull down the structure within four months from the date of the decree. The case dates back to August 2009, when 43 members of wings A and B of Megh [...] Continue Reading »
The Bombay High Court has stepped in to resolve a 21-year-old fight between two neighbours living in a housing society at Altamount Road. A division bench asked the BMC to depute an officer to inspect the flat of Aparna Chawalla, who stays on the seventh floor of Vijay Apartments. The dispute was over renovations carried [...] Continue Reading »
The Supreme Court today maintained its stay on a Delhi High Court order that sought to restrain the Centre from recovering service tax on renting property for commercial use. A bench comprising Justices Mukundakam Sharma and A R Dave said that the apex court’s interim order of January 13 will continue till further orders. The [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the six-member committee to submit its report by February 28, 2011. The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice A S Bopanna had constituted the committee while hearing a batch of public interest litigation seeking directions to the government for preservation and restoration of lakes [...] Continue Reading »
The apex court has asked the builder to restore the green stretch adjoining the Gorai creek to its original state within 60 days. Upholding the contempt petition filed by the Mumbai’s suburban collector, the SC also ordered the builder to remove excess debris dumped on the mangrove patch. The Supreme Court, on Monday, took note [...] Continue Reading »
Teachers are not slaves. Their job is to teach- Bombay High Court The Bombay high court ordered the state to stop forcing teachers from private unaided schools into census duty. The judges were hearing a petition challenging a state order that directed all schools, including private unaided schools, in Maharashtra to keep their “teachers away [...] Continue Reading »
The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission Mumbai fined Builder Rs 6.5 Lakh for not giving amenities. The consumer court order has cheered scores of home-buyers who are misled or even duped by builders. In 1997, a retired IOC executive and his son booked a flat in Goregaon (east) in a project advertised as “exclusive homes [...] Continue Reading »
