Five Real Estate Developers Are Arrested by Bandra Police for Duping Widow Over Flat
Five real estate developers have been taken into custody by the Bandra police for allegedly defrauding a widow of the flat she purchased in Bandra West in 2005. Partners in Suchit Developers, Lachman Sajnani, Anil Sajnani, Dilip Manghnani, Anant Rane, and Vikrant Vaidya are the individuals who were detained. At first, the police refused to […]
The “strange” slum strategy of the Maharashtra government promotes encroachment on both public and private lands : Mumbai HC
The Maharashtra government’s slum policy, which converts private and public lands into free tenement for encroachers after they are recognized as slum rehabilitation areas, was called “strange” by the Bombay High Court on Tuesday. The court stated that nowadays we would not be faced with the issue of an international city like Mumbai being known […]
Bombay High Court: “Owner Has Preferential Right To Redevelop Property”
The Bombay High Court rejected the Slum Rehabilitation Authority’s (SRA) plan to buy a portion of Mount Mary Church land in Bandra (W) in order to create a slum there. The court also stated that the property owner has the “preferential right” to carry out the property’s renovation. The court further noted the peculiarity of […]
Bombay High Court requests that CIDCO provide a detailed hoardings policy
The City and Industrial Development Authority (CIDCO) has been ordered by the Bombay High Court to create a suitable policy for handling hoardings, emphasising the necessity of safety audits as opposed to removing all billboards altogether. According to a Times of India story, Justices Nitin Borkar and Somasekhar Sundaresan referred to CIDCO’s practice of arbitrarily […]
High Court states to carry out the ongoing demolition project to expand the Mithi River
The Bombay High Court Vacation Bench allowed the continuous demolition of buildings to widen the Mithi River on Saturday. The court rejected the pleas of encroachers to stop or postpone the development project, citing a lack of evidence from tenants of residential and commercial buildings. The vacation bench of Justices of High Court N. R. […]
CM Eknath Shinde Directs Urban Development Secretary To Address Navi Mumbai Wetlands Catastrophe
In response to a legal mail concerning the environmental catastrophe affecting TS Chanakya Lake, NRI Wetland, and DPS Lake, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has directed his Urban Development Secretary to investigate the matter. The complaint, served by Law Global Advocates on behalf of Bharat Bhushan Gupta, a resident of the NRI complex and member of […]
New tender process for Dharavi redevelopment transparent.
According to evidence provided by the Maharashtra government to the Bombay High Court, the new tender for the Dharavi slum redevelopment project in Mumbai, which was published in 2022, was transparent and the highest bidder, the Adani Group, was not given an unfair advantage. https://www.constructionworld.in/latest-construction-news/real-estate-news/new-tender-process-for-dharavi-redevelopment-transparent/43903 Source : construction world
MahaRERA freezes bank account of developer, restricts sales in South Mumbai project
The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) has ordered freezing of the bank account of a developer created for an over Rs 100-crore real estate project in south Mumbai. The redevelopment project has been delayed for a decade now. The MahaRERA has restricted further sales or creating any third-party interest in the project and has […]
How such ‘enormous’ benefits offered to BDD chawls at cost of public exchequer, HC asks MHADA
The Bombay High Court recently termed the benefits offered to chawl occupants as ‘enormous’. After it was informed by the MHADA that eligible occupants of the existing BDD chawls situated in Central Mumbai’s Naigaon would be provided with an alternative accommodation of a 500-square feet carpet area in lieu of their present premises of 160-sq […]
Changes to Slum Areas Act passed in assembly
Amendments to the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971, were passed by the assembly on Tuesday even as opposition members warned the government that it would backfire as it was being implemented retrospectively. The state had constituted the Apex Grievance Redressal Committee and Grievance Redressal Committee in 2017 through a notification. The […]