Bombay High Court
In a recent affidavit filed before the Bombay High Court, the CBI’s Investigation Officer SS Giri stated that the agency had already looked into Patil-Nilangekar’s role in the scam and had not got any material against the latter that warranted action against him. The CBI officer explicitly stated in the affidavit “The role of Patil-Nilangekar [...] Continue Reading »
Unsatisfied property owners in Mumbai are planning to move court over the new way of calculating property tax. There had been already many criticisms in the past against the imposition of property tax in Mumbai and its suburbs with retrospective effect. The property tax system based on capital value that has been planned recently but will [...] Continue Reading »
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to give green signal to hoardings in the city which are illegal, if they follow the policy and proposed new rates of Rs 222 per sq ft. This decision was taken by the civic body after the Bombay High Court went crude over illegal hoardings and boards in Mumbai. [...] Continue Reading »
Bombay High Court has recently given green signal for additional floor space index (FSI) for around 2,200 redevelopment projects in Mumbai. The only condition that was kept forward by the government was struck down by the bench. The condition was to grant extra FSI in case of ongoing redevelopment schemes for old cessed buildings. Earlier [...] Continue Reading »
The proposed Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd metro line (CBM) is not yet sanctioned and not to be executed soon. However, the residents feel that it is unfair for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to give unnecessary reasons of starting the project and making it an elevated corridor. The residents in the western suburbs of Mumbai are [...] Continue Reading »
The new property tax system proposed by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been challenged by a PIL in the Bombay High Court recently. The new property tax bill will be applicable from April 1, 2013 but has been caught amidsr many controversies. An activist named Rajendra Thacker has filed the PIL which states that the [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has claimed that it will remove all the illegal hoardings and boards in Mumbai within 24 hours. The drive is being taken forward by the civic body as per Bombay High Court’s order. As per the high court order, all the political hoardings and banners will be removed within the stipulated [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of housing societies in Mumbai are planning to stage a dharna and one day hunger strike at Azad Maidan to protest the new property tax system. The major concern of the residents lies with the ground realities which affects a property’s price, are not taken into consideration in the ready-reckoner rates. They claim it [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been asked by the Bombay High Court to present details of the illegal structures in a locality in Chembur. These days many illegal structures have been springing in and around Chembur in Mumbai. This case has came into light after a petition was filed by a cooperative housing society alleging that its land has been encroached [...] Continue Reading »
Unconvinced with the new way of calculating property tax, citizens in Mumbai are planning to move to Bombay High Court regarding the same. The new method is based on the capital value-based system. The major concern of the residents lies with the ground realities which affects a property’s price, are not taken into consideration in [...] Continue Reading »
