Supreme Court
In a recent meeting held, the Supreme Court said that the common man felt cheated as the authorities only demolish illegal slums of the poor and not the illegal constructions by the rich. A bench of Justices said that the illegal constructions by the affluent destroyed the concept of planned development and also it affects [...] Continue Reading »
The festive season fails to cheer builders of Mangalore. Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) have sent closure notices on crusher units in the state following a Supreme Court directive. As a result, construction and development activities have come to a halt. Of the 3,700 crusher units units across Karnataka, 200 units are in the [...] Continue Reading »
Oshiwara residents organisation has approached the Bombay high court demanding the allotment of two plots, one of which is the only open space in the area. Both the plots are reserved as one for a playground and a the other, a municipal school. The division bench of chief justice Mohit Shah and Justice Niteen Jamdar [...] Continue Reading »
Capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has cracked down on collective investment schemes operating in West Bengal. Few real estate firms are among those being zeroed in on by the regulator. Investments worth thousands of crores have been raised by certain companies in the state in violation of Sebi’s Collective Investment [...] Continue Reading »
In the ongoing tussle, the Bombay high court has settled a long-pending property tax row in favour of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The court ruled that the civic body can fix property tax on the building based on the actual rent charged. The verdict is the latest in the saga of tax tussle between [...] Continue Reading »
Three days of the 90-day deadline given by the Supreme Court to the Sahara Group to repay over 22 million investors in its bonds have passed and it looks like the only way the Sahara Group can repay its debt is by selling off its assets. The Supreme court had confirmed Securities and Exchange Board [...] Continue Reading »
The recent Supreme Court ruling against Sahara Group implies an indictment of not only Sahara but the regulatory system as a whole. Sahara India Real Estate Corporation (SIREC) and Sahara Housing Investment Corporation (SHIC) were instructed by the Supreme Court to refund over Rs 24,000 crore collected through optionally fully convertible debentures (OFCDs). Sahara case [...] Continue Reading »
The Sahara Group seems to have taken the hit from the apex court. The Supreme Court has directed Sahara India Real Estate Corporation Ltd and the Sahara Housing Investment Corporation Ltd — to refund over Rs 24,400 crore collected from 2.21 crore depositors through an instrument known as optional fully convertible debentures. The Bench has [...] Continue Reading »
In a influential verdict, the Delhi High Court has ruled that in case of employees living in company-leased accommodation, money spent on repairs and renovations of such residences is not taxable. The ruling is set to have far reaching impact. If unchallenged in the Supreme Court, it implies those living in company-provided accommodation will not [...] Continue Reading »
The state sales tax department has been able to make the builders register with them as the battle for paying VAT seems to swing towards the government. The builders in Nashik have started registering with the sales tax department of the state government. Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association (CREDAI) has reportedly decided to pay [...] Continue Reading »
