Court Orders
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has suggested that treated sewage water to be used for construction activities. Gurgaon treats 137 million liters per day (MLD) of sewage every day, which is more than sufficient to meet the builders’ needs, the think tank has said. In the wake of the court order restraining issue [...] Continue Reading »
Real estate tycoon G L Raheja won the case against industrialist Nusli Wadia as the Bombay High Court has allowed his company, Ferani Hotels, to build on land in Malad and sell the premises without any condition. Wadia, outraged by the court’s hearing, voiced that he would appeal against the order before the Supreme Court. [...] Continue Reading »
The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday stopped issuing new licenses to developers in Gurgaon, because of the depleting groundwater situation, which has come as a relief to the residents in the area as they have been facing severe water crisis. Most of the Gurgaon is dependent on groundwater and more than 60 MGD [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the Commissioner of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to file an affidavit on the plan of action relating to reconstruction of 1,640 flats for the eligible persons from economically weaker sections (EWS) at Ejipura. The BBMP had constructed 1,512 flats spread over 42 blocks and allotted them [...] Continue Reading »
In an expected reaction, industry body Assocham on Tuesday said the realty sector and investments in Haryana will be hit following the High Court order directing the state government not to issue permits for construction unless builders give in writing that groundwater will not be drawn by them. The body asserted that the order could [...] Continue Reading »
The Special Lokayukta Court on July 17 accused the Lokayukta police for not taking any action related to violation of rules by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA). A complaint was filed by ex-councillor Lakshminarayana against the authority stating that BDA allowed conversion of land for residential purpose which was actually meant for maintaining a nursery. [...] Continue Reading »
The Delhi high court has allowed the Capital’s land-owning agencies to execute “deeds of apartment” for home buyers in case a builder fails to do so. Allowing a PIL which sought a direction for enforcement of the Delhi Apartment Ownership Act, a bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw [...] Continue Reading »
Thane District Consumer Forum has ruled that builders must stand by the conditions laid down by civic authority while granting the occupation certificate (OC), even though if such conditions are not a part of the sale agreement with flat buyers. Recently, a complaint was filed by Sarvottam Co-operative Housing Society against city-based Radhakrishna Developers. According [...] Continue Reading »
In an exceptional move, the Supreme Court has put a stay on Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) on collection of house tax from the residents of private developers’ areas. The SC took a side with the Gurgaon citizen council as the latter argued that they had already been paying taxes to the developers and the [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) may face charges of contempt of the court as the High Court in a hearing put BBMP under scanner for entering into a third party deal with Maverick Holdings for construction of flats for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) at Ejipura. The Bench heard many folded petitions filed by some [...] Continue Reading »
