Legal
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 »
CBI is presently concentrating on ‘benami‘ owners of flats and it claimed that a senior politician had involved in those transactions. According to sources, an intense investigation has been carried on by CBI with regard to the case and certain details have been shared with the Enforcement Directorate to check the money trace into the [...] Continue Reading »
The Central Bureau of Investigation filed a charge sheet against 13 accused people in the Adarsh Housing Society scam, including the former Maharashtra Chief Minister, Ashok Chavan, the former MLC, Kanhaiyalal Gidwani, senior retired Army officials and bureaucrats and a former employee of the Defence Ministry. Charge sheet has also been filed against senior bureaucrats [...] Continue Reading »
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) will be inquiring Niranjan Hiranandani, the co-founder of Mumbai-based Hiranandani Group, with regard to a criminal complaint case filed against him in connection with suspected irregularities in a housing project. A special court has directed the ACB, while hearing the complaint filed by activist Santosh Daundkar against Hiranandani, for allegedly cheating [...] Continue Reading »
The Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority (VUDA) had auctioned 21 plots in the year 2001, out of the land which was reserved for construction of a community centre. The auction was challenged in the High Court by the then president of the Sri Balaji Park Residents Welfare Association. The court called the act of VUDA as [...] Continue Reading »
Gowri Shankar Gupta, a prominent realtor, has been arrested on 22nd June in connection with a criminal case filed by construction giant DLF. He was called for questioning and subsequently arrested, in accordance to a pending case of cheating Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA). Soon after his arrest, the accused complained of chest pain and [...] Continue Reading »
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has conducted raids in Allahabad and several other cities of Uttar Pradesh pertaining to alleged irregularities in sanctioning of housing loan by a nationalised bank official. Sources from CBI said, raids were conducted in Allahabad, Lucknow and Sant Ravidas Nagar (Bhadohi) in connection with the scam related to alleged misappropriation [...] Continue Reading »
The chairman and managing director of realty firm Eldeco, SK Garg, has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday in connection with a graft case in which some senior income tax officials were nabbed by the agency. The CBI had arrested four senior income tax department officials, who were reportedly involved [...] Continue Reading »
