PIL
A bench of the Bombay high court, while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed four years ago by a group of residents from Hiranandani Estate, Thane, said If residents are complaining of illegal structures mushrooming across the city , The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) or the Thane collector cannot ‘throw its hands up’. To [...] Continue Reading »
The NHAI felled a huge neem tree for road widening near the sports complex on Mankapur Road despite public interest litigation (PIL) pending in the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court. The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) seems to be behaving as if it is above the law. The division bench of Justice BR [...] Continue Reading »
On Tuesday an activist filed an application in the special CBI court investigating on the Adarsh housing scam case seeking the registration of an FIR against a former chief minister who was also a revenue minister. On Thursday hearing will be done on the matter. Praveen Wategaonkar, an activist filed a PIL of case in [...] Continue Reading »
The nine-member committee constituted by the cabinet secretary of the Punjab and Haryana High Court articulated displeasure with looking for shifting of the grenades dump at Gurgaon and Faridabad. As per the division bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Arun Palli the committee should be made in the name of Municipal Commissioner [...] 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 »
Noida- With the recent hike in the DND flyway toll rates, from Rs.22 to Rs.25 from November 9, the Federation of Noida Residents Welfare Association (FONRWA) has been opposing the hike and has come to a decision to file a PIL against the unjustified MoU signed with the Noida Toll Bridge Co Ltd. A protest by FONRWA stated [...] Continue Reading »
The demolition drive in Pimpri Chinchwad is significant as it has continued despite stiff opposition. A whopping 1.1 lakh constructions were found to be unauthorised and its owners have been sent notices by the civic administration in the last four months. To start with, the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has decided to raze constructions [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of Noida are agitated over highly-inflated water bills sent to them and mulling the option of going to court against Noida Authority. The residents have alleged that the Noida Authority has unfairly imposed the inflated bills on them and the only option left is to file a PIL. The Authority has maintained that [...] Continue Reading »
The buyers of property are further relieved in Delhi. In relation with the granting of the “deed of apartment” to landowners, the Delhi High Court has observed that the land owning agencies such as the Delhi Development Authority can execute the deed of apartments if builders fail to do so. It will help property buyers [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has violated the Karnataka High Court’s order by granting permission to construct nine commercial complexes in Malleswaram. An interim order passed in January, HC said, it will not be giving permission to reconstruct or redevelop residential areas near private homes in areas like Jayanagar, Malleswaram, Richmond Town and Vasanthnagar. [...] Continue Reading »
