Medical Infrastructure Budget Underutilised, Bombay HC Takes Note In PIL
The Bombay High Court today asked the State orally why it was not using the funds for building medical facilities in the State in a suo moto PIL regarding mortality in government hospitals in the districts of Nanded and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar in Maharashtra. “You must understand the nature of litigation…we don’t want to discuss […]
Dharavi Redevelopment: Panel Led by Ex-Allahabad HC Chief to Address Religious Site Issues
A seven-member committee has been formed, chaired by Dilip Bhosale, former Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court, to address the difficulties affecting religious sites that are impeding Dharavi’s reconstruction. A government resolution (GR) has been issued, admitting the presence of over a thousand religious sites, many of which are unapproved, in the highly populated area. […]
PWD will expedite the construction of a new Family Court following the judge’s rebuke
The PWD has acted after Supreme Court judge Abhay Oka criticised the state for taking more than six years to construct a new Family Court on Monday, during the ceremony to lay the foundation stone of the new high court building at Bandra East. “I have scheduled a meeting on Friday morning to review and […]
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 […]
Builder who postponed development of a valuable BMC site in Byculla is removed by a High Court order
An ruling by the Apex Grievance Redressal Committee (AGRC) of the Maharashtra government restoring Krish Developers as the builder for a prime municipal plot in Byculla spanning 10,525 square meters has been overturned by the Bombay High Court. Eleven run-down municipal tenanted chawls will be included in the composite reconstruction, together with the rehabilitation of […]