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The Ministry of Defence alleged that the state government was trying to scuttle the probe into the Adarsh society scam,it questioned the CBI’s finding that the controversial land belongs to the state government. Major general Deepak Saxena, chief ofstaff for Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa areas of the Indian Army, filed an application on behalf of [...] Continue Reading »
The CBI on July 16 told the CBI court that a part of the missing Rs 300 crore in the Vanpic port project deal was invested in YS Jaganmohan Reddy’s firms. Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) government which had entered into a deal with state government to construct Vanpic project gave Rs 450 crore for land [...] 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 »
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 »
Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted interim stay to senior bureaucrat T C Benjamin, on an order directing the Maharashtra Anti- Corruption Bureau (ACB) to investigate accusations against him in an alleged real estate scam. The ACB registered an FIR against Benjamin, the Principal Secretary of the State Urban Development Department, and developer Niranjan Hiranandani, [...] Continue Reading »
