Madras High Court
The Madras high court, in a recent order, has held that the restrictive provisions introduced in the Income Tax (I-T) Act, which call for reinvestment in only `one’ residential house in India for claiming capital gains tax exemption, apply from fiscal April 1, 2014. The explanatory memorandum to the Finance Bill, 2014, had clarified that [...] Continue Reading »
Further delays are being faced by Ahmedabad airport for its privatisation. Recently Madras High Court vacated a stay on the privatisation process, now the Airport Authority of India (AAI) is in anticipation of an approval on a concessional agreement from the Ministry of Civil Aviation. After such an approval will the authority be able to [...] Continue Reading »
Only if land grab bids and ‘double documents’ were enough to trouble the property owners/buyers, the state registration department shocked the Madras high court by saying a controversial statement that it is difficult to issue encumbrance certificates without any fault. An encumbrance certificate (EC) is the basic document which reveals the current status of an [...] Continue Reading »
The Madras high court ruled against the government’s regularisation drive. The order is expected to lead to complete demolition of the commercial complex Vigneswar Cresta at Lakshmi Mills junction in the city. After the order, the Local Planning Authority (LPA) and Coimbatore Municipal Corporation had initiated measures to demolish the illegal floors of the building. The cost [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- The monitoring committee of the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) appointed by the Madras High Court has sought more clarity and judicial sanction from the state government before regularizing buildings that came up before July 1, 2007 A new set of guidelines was announced by the government early this month, under Section 113-C of [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- For over a decade, the residents of Vellala Street in Mogappair have been seeking for an underground sewage system be built in the locality. Residents’ associations had sought the help of Madras high court and used RTI appeal in order to start the project soon. As there is no choice, the residents are depending [...] Continue Reading »
The Madras High Court on Monday gave six weeks’ time to the State government to amend the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act for dealing with illegal constructions. The government has conveyed to the court its intention to amend various sections of the Act, relating to effective enforcement action and for providing solution to [...] Continue Reading »
The Madras High Court has directed the State government to take immediate action to remove trespasses on the Tiruvannamalai hill. The order was given for a petition filed against the illegal encroachments and land grabbing activity on the hill. Several lodges were constructed on the hill in the name of the temple. And to construct [...] Continue Reading »
The Madras High Court has passed a rule that every consumer has to pay the water bill. It does not matter whether they consume water or not. According to the court orders, people who fetch water, who has a sewerage connection by the Board is a ‘consumer’. Therefore according to the rule every customer has [...] Continue Reading »
Madras High Court has directed Chennai metro rail corporation to carry on metro work without damaging the structural stability of heritage structures in the city. Directions were passed by HC only after Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed by a travel agent to safety the heritage buildings in the city. Heritage buildings such as; Ripon [...] Continue Reading »
