Supreme Court
Noida Extension Flat Owners and Members Association, NEFOMA, a flat owners’ association in Noida, has decided to move to the Supreme Court to seek redress of their complaints related to the Noida Extension flats row. The Allahabad High Court had directed to stop development work in Greater Noida till the 2021 Master Plan is approved [...] Continue Reading »
Following the December 5, 2011 Supreme Court ruling directing all nursing homes and banks to move out of residential plots, the Noida Authority had directed them to shut operations. However, when being approached by the displaced nursing homes, the apex court directed the Noida Authority to allot land at reasonable rates within three months. In [...] Continue Reading »
The Bombay High Court has directed the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) to take appropriate steps to implement recommendations of National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) regarding the removal of health hazards caused by garbage dumping at a ground in Turbhe in Navi Mumbai. NEERI was appointed by the court to visit the site and [...] Continue Reading »
The residential areas near dumping grounds in Mumbai have been complaining about the inconvenience caused to them. To curb civic problem the State Ministry for Urban Development has declared that the state would legally disallow residential areas around any dumping grounds developed in future. A residents’ group had approached the Supreme Court against the Brihanmumbai [...] Continue Reading »
Real estate tycoon G L Raheja won the case against industrialist Nusli Wadia as the Bombay High Court has allowed his company, Ferani Hotels, to build on land in Malad and sell the premises without any condition. Wadia, outraged by the court’s hearing, voiced that he would appeal against the order before the Supreme Court. [...] Continue Reading »
In an exceptional move, the Supreme Court has put a stay on Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) on collection of house tax from the residents of private developers’ areas. The SC took a side with the Gurgaon citizen council as the latter argued that they had already been paying taxes to the developers and the [...] Continue Reading »
The Supreme Court’s order regarding property tax collection from private developers’ area will not have any impact on the revenue generated from house tax, claimed the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon. The corporation hopes to earn Rs 500 crore through the property tax collection with the current fiscal budget. Senior officers have claimed that behalf of DLF’s [...] Continue Reading »
The Greater Noida master plan has been approved by the statutory committee of the NCR Planning Board (NCRPB). The developers in Noida Extension said that the construction of residential projects which were put to halt could be resumed. They are waiting for the committee’s recommendations to be approved by the board. But the farmers are [...] Continue Reading »
Protesting the forceful acquisition of 227 acres of land by the government to set up the proposed Indian Institute of Management (R) and Central Law University, the students, along with parents, have been sitting on a ‘dharna’ since March 4. Though the villagers live in extreme poverty they are not academically weak. But due to [...] Continue Reading »
The Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority (VUDA) had auctioned 21 plots in the year 2001, out of the land which was reserved for construction of a community centre. The auction was challenged in the High Court by the then president of the Sri Balaji Park Residents Welfare Association. The court called the act of VUDA as [...] Continue Reading »
