CID Issues Apology Following High Court Reprimand for ‘Illegal’ Raid on Developer’s Home
The state’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has extended an unconditional apology after the Bombay High Court criticised the agency for conducting an unlawful raid on developer Shyamsunder Agarwal’s residence. The raid, which took place at midnight on January 30, involved officers ransacking the house and allegedly harassing family members. Agarwal filed a criminal writ petition, […]
By year’s end, BMC is required by the Bombay High Court to construct additional cemeteries in the Govandi-Deonar region
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been urged by the Bombay High Court to address the issue of Sunni Muslim burial places being lacking in the Govandi-Deonar area. The BMC responded by assuring the court that measures are being taken to comply with the requirements. In response to a lack of space, lawyer Shamsher Ahmed […]
Bombay High Court Directs BMC to Complete Deonar Burial Ground by December 2024
The Bombay High Court has set a deadline for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to make three additional burial grounds available for the Muslim community in the eastern suburbs by December 2024. A bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar has instructed the BMC to develop a Muslim burial ground at Deonar, […]
HC scolds state and SRA for holding up the decision to alter the BLDR
The decision to permit a change in the developer of a Wadala redevelopment project that has stalled has been met with criticism from the Bombay High Court by the state government and the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA). In their judgment on Wednesday, Justices Mahesh Sonak and Kamal Khata declared that “State and SRA cannot adopt […]
BMC will pursue these procedures in order to purchase church land in Borivali: High Court
The Right to Fair Compensation and Land Acquisition Act, 2013 mandates the BMC adhere to certain procedures if it want to build a public garden on a portion of a church-owned plot of land in Borivali (W), close to the Mandapeshwar caves. On June 21, Justices Girish Kulkarni and Arun Pednekar added that BMC “shall […]
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. […]