Legal
The Karnataka High Court pulled up the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) for not taking any action against erring officers responsible for irregularities in allotment of sites. The division bench was hearing a writ appeal filed by the BDA against a single-judge bench order dated December 14, 2009. Muni Reddy had filed a petition before the [...] Continue Reading »
India has set up a system of green courts to try environment cases. Environment minister Jairam Ramesh said India was only the third country in the world after Australia and New Zealand to set up such a tribunal. Ramesh has insisted that India’s desire for fast economic growth must not come at the expense of [...] Continue Reading »
Resident Welfare Associations ( RWAs) of Gurgaon protest against the amendment of Urban Areas Act which will allow builders to obtain partial completion certificate.Protesting the amendment in the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act 1975, Resident Welfare Associations submitted a memorandum to Haryana governor Jagannath Pahadia. The governor assured the residents that he [...] Continue Reading »
Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation is the first civic body in Maharashtra to implement the free parking norm. On June 11, 2009, the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) declared that no building permission plans will be sanctioned if the builders refuse to provide free parking space to apartment buyers across the twin industrial township. As per section 16 [...] Continue Reading »
The Supreme Court has that ruled builders/promoters cannot sell parking areas in the stilt area as independent units as the same is to be extended as “common areas and facilities“ for the owners. The apex court passed the judgment while dismissing the appeal of the promoter, Nahalchand Laloochand Pvt Ltd, challenging the Bombay High Court [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Diamond District apartment complex on old airport road protested the shoot for film and complained that no permission was obtained from Diamond District Apartment Owners Welfare Association (DDAOWA) and Producer hadn’t obtained police permission for shooting in the complex. Chaos reigned at Diamond District apartment complex on Saturday after a 150-member film crew [...] Continue Reading »
The concept of Transferable Development Rights (TDR) by the BBMP is completely wrong. TDR is never meant to take away the ownership of land from the original owner. The BBMP is misusing TDR for taking away ownership for such purposes like widening of roads, construction of flyovers, etc. Ram S Ramanathan, Business Consultant, who is [...] Continue Reading »
Hiranandani Group director, Niranjan Hiranandani, against whom CBI had issued a look-out notice in connection with an alleged over Rs nine crore Provident Fund scam, was granted anticipatory bail by a special court. While granting anticipatory bail to Niranjan, special CBI judge S P Hayatnagarkar observed that his custodial interrogation was not required. CBI had [...] Continue Reading »
The CBI has issued look-out notices against two directors of the Hiranandani Group in connection with an alleged Provident Fund (PF) scam. Hiranandani Group has business interests in real estate development within the country and abroad. The directors – Niranjan and Surendra Hiranandani- have been named as accused in an FIR lodged by CBI on [...] Continue Reading »
The Bombay High Court has granted an interim stay on service tax levied by the Union Government on buildings under construction. The interim stay was granted by Justice V C Daga and Justice S J Kathawala, who admitted a petition filed by Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI). The MCHI challenged the constitutional validity of [...] Continue Reading »
