Legal
Delhi high court slammed the stakeholders — the DERC, Delhi government and private discoms — on tariff mess The Delhi high court slammed the stakeholders — the DERC, Delhi government and private discoms — for their functioning. The Delhi high court asked the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) to issue a fresh tariff order. “The [...] Continue Reading »
If a tenant has paid the rent regularly according to the agreement, landlord cannot evict the tenant for at least five years. If present and prevalent market rent assessed and fixed between the parties is paid by the tenant, then the landlord shall not be entitled to take any action for his eviction against such [...] Continue Reading »
Housing demand falls by 20 per cent following a court order directing return of land to the original owners. The Allahabad High Court has denotified more than 150 hectares of land acquired for residential development by the Greater Noida Authority and directed the entire land to be returns to their owners. Following the court order, [...] Continue Reading »
Since sellers don’t perceive a market for TDR Real estate,developers are able to buy TDRs at throwaway sums. Developers buy certificates issued in B or C zones (the secondary and peripheral parts of the city), and utilize them in projects in the centre of the city (part of the A zone) where land valuations are [...] Continue Reading »
Under the present laws, the contracts are unilateral and there is no protection against unfair contracts. Often, service providers want consumers to sign on the dotted line even if the terms and conditions are stiff and give little leeway to consumers. The government is set to revamp the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 to provide for [...] Continue Reading »
Builder to pay compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to two buyers for failing to hand over flats booked by them. Mumbai district consumer forum held that failure on part of the builder, Sharma Realty Pvt. Ltd., to execute the Agreement for Sale was deficiency in service and ordered to pay compensation to two buyers. [...] Continue Reading »
The middle-class may be all out in support of the proposed Jan Lokpal Bill to curb corruption, but residents of Pearl Paradise layout, a much-favoured destination of city techies, would be at the receiving end of an inquiry by the Lokayukta. Lokayukta Justice N Santhosh Hegde has directed the urban development department/BDA to withdraw the [...] Continue Reading »
The High Court issued interim orders on Monday staying the property tax hike by the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC). The High Court division bench comprised of Justice V.V.S. Rao and Justice Ramesh Ranganath issued interim orders on Monday staying the property tax hike by the GVMC and ordered that the hike should not be [...] Continue Reading »
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) resumed its sealing drive on Monday after a gap of one month. Civic officials sealed 156 commercial units in eight complexes between Stadium Circle and Swastik Crossroads which has seen the maximum action from the AMC. Civic officials said that the shops sealed on Monday operated from buildings which were shown [...] Continue Reading »
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 »
