Bombay High Court
Builders and Realtors agitated after the Bombay High Court judgment, revoking the allocation of land in Vashi for Inorbit Mall and Four Points Hotel. The City and Industrial Development Corporation has been blamed by many real estate dealers for permitting illegal land deals to take place. Views of Nitin Kandhari The property dealer Nitin Kandhari [...] Continue Reading »
There was no relief from the Bombay high court for Kalpataru Properties in a mega redevelopment project in Kandivli. A division bench of Justice S J Vazifdar and Revati Dhere refused to grant an interim order seeking the appointment of a court receiver and restraining Majhitia Nagar cooperative society from assigning the project to another [...] Continue Reading »
A Mazgaon high-rise has become the first in south Mumbai since 2010 to get the BMC approval after height restrictions for high-rises situated close to the Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) were recently lifted by the Bombay High Court. The BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) had earlier issued a policy guideline requiring high-rise projects coming up within [...] Continue Reading »
In a landmark judgment, the Bombay high court on Wednesday held that developers and landowners cannot escape liability of surrendering their excess land despite the repeal of Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act in 2007. The HC empowered the state to recover the excess land for public housing from private landowners for violations under the [...] Continue Reading »
Some heavy weights in politics are going to face the wrath of the Maharashtra state government soon. The state government has prepared a list of 26 people, including prominent politicians, who will face action for occupying more than one flat under the chief minister’s quota by producing false affidavits. The state found 52 such cases of [...] Continue Reading »
In a relief to former chief minister Ashok Chavan, the Bombay high court on Thursday stayed the trial court proceedings against him in the Adarsh housing case. However Justice Sadhana Jadhav stated that the trial against the other 12 people chargesheeted by the CBI would continue. The order came in a revision petition filed by [...] Continue Reading »
The wetlands along the coastal belts situated around Mumbai are being eradicated only to make way for development. This came into light as the Maharashtra forest development informed the Bombay High Court last day. This is a serious damage to the environmental scenario. Protest had been previously raised against the eradication of these wetlands. The [...] Continue Reading »
Metro developer and operator Reliance Infrastructure Ltd (RIL) said in the Bombay High Court last week that Metro fare between Rs 10 and Rs 40 was “legally justified, in public interest and reasonable.” Referring to the Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Act of 2002, RIL – which is part of the Anil Ambani group – [...] Continue Reading »
The Mumbai Metro which was in so much anticipation earlier has now been involved in a dispute over the matter of tariff. This occurred a day before the commencement of the operation which had the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority moving towards Bombay High Court on the matter of fare hike. This case will be [...] Continue Reading »
Even as it adjourned beyond the summer vacations the hearing of petitions challenging it. The Bombay high court on Wednesday said a status quo would be maintained in respect of registration of unilateral deemed conveyance of land to Campa Cola societies. The outcome of the 2 cases related to deemed transportation will anyway not have [...] Continue Reading »
