Legal
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 »
Karnataka will probably be the first state in the country to have a fire station on the secretariat premises. The fire station, to be set up at a cost of Rs 1.25 crore, will also serve safety needs of the Karnataka high court and MS Buildings. The need for a fire station was felt many [...] Continue Reading »
In the last three months alone, the Hakimpet Kunta lake originally spread over an area of over 10 acres has shrunk by a good 10-15 per cent, thanks to illegal dumping of debris in the water body. While Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials had in the past fenced the lake to keep encroachers at [...] 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 practice of constructing illegal structures on public plots by obtaining stay orders sought from the city and civil court has only become rampant over the years. The BMC has requested the state government to bar civil courts in encroachment cases. If the proposal to amend the Mumbai Municipal Corporation (MMC) Act is passed, only [...] Continue Reading »
BBMP give an option to the builders either leave open spaces or pay market value As if the dwindling tree cover is not enough, it is an open invitation to expand the concrete jungle that Bangalore is becoming. The BBMP has given an option to the builders of apartment complexes either leave 10% for open [...] 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 traffic congestion in the City is not due to the narrow roads, but due to lack of proper planning. Justice Shylendra Kumar initiates suo motu proceedings against BBMP’s indiscriminate felling of trees in the City.The High Court directed the State to file objections within two weeks. Justice Shylendra Kumar initiates suo motu proceedings against [...] Continue Reading »
The BBMP on Thursday told the High Court that they have initiated action on February 15 under section 462 of KMC Act for demolishing illegal structures at an apartment complex in G M Palya near HAL. Demolition will be effected immediately, BBMP told the court. The counsel for BBMP also gave a list of personnel [...] Continue Reading »
