Bombay High Court Creates Special Bench to Review Slum Redevelopment Law after SC Order
In order to assess a Suo moto Public Interest Litigation (PIL) for conducting a thorough audit of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971, the Bombay High Court constituted a special division bench on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. In response to a decision rendered by the Supreme Court in the matter of […]
Bombay High Court Orders Society Members to Pay Rs 5 Lakhs or Vacate Property for Redevelopment
The Bombay High Court has directed seven members of a housing society to pay a total of Rs 5 lakhs if they do not vacate their flats within two weeks. These members’ refusal to leave their flats in the Taruvel CHSL building in Chakala, Andheri (East), has the potential to disrupt the building’s redevelopment. DEM […]
MMRDA Asserts PWD’s Responsibility for Andheri East Flyover Repairs
In the ongoing dispute between the MMRDA and the BMC over the responsibility for repairing the deteriorating Jog flyover in Andheri East, the MMRDA has clarified that the flyover falls under the ownership of the Public Works Department (PWD). The MMRDA highlighted a 2015 Bombay High Court order that assigns repair responsibilities to the PWD. […]
BMC Commissioner is directed by the Bombay High Court to examine the incorrect realignment of Kandivali DP Road
On Tuesday, the commissioner of the BMC was ordered by the Bombay High Court to resolve a petition about the improper realignment of the development plan (DP) route linking Lokhandwala Township Circle in Kandivali and Kandivali East. The section is a part of the Magathane (Dahisar) to Goregaon road expansion project, which was designated as a […]
Advance Transit Rent Requirement Halts 50% of SRA Projects in Mumbai
Nearly 50% of slum rehabilitation projects in Mumbai have been stalled due to a new mandate from the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA). According to circular number 210, developers are now required to deposit two years’ worth of advance transit rent with the SRA before any approvals are granted. This rule, implemented on August 1, 2023, […]
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 […]