Bharat Nagar Redevelopment In Bandra Raises Dispute Over Tenancy Rights And Builder’s Role
September 8, 2025: Bharat Nagar, a 44-acre settlement in Bandra East near the Bandra Kurla Complex, has become the center of a heated redevelopment dispute. Divided into 22 societies, the area’s redevelopment journey began in 1996 with Shyamkaran Enterprises, later taken over by HDIL in 2006, and is now being pursued by Budhpur Buildcon, backed […]
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 […]
Government pushes the 20-year-old SRA project
A long-standing Slum Redevelopment Authority (SRA) project in Andheri (West) has gained momentum after 20 years of stagnation when the state government directed the creation of a new list of qualifying slumdwellers and their biometric survey. In accordance with Section 13(2) of the Maharashtra Slum Areas Act, the SRA has ended the work assigned to […]