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The Supreme Court, on October 10, 2018, came down heavily on Maharashtra’s Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) for trying to ‘shrug off’ its responsibility, in ensuring compliance of an Act meant for the welfare of … READ FULL STORY
The Bombay High Court, on October 10, 2018, directed the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) and the Thane civic body, to reply to a construction firm’s plea against a notice to stop … READ FULL STORY
Members of Ekta Parishad, a group working for social and land reforms in the country, demanded, on October 9, 2018 that the government ensures the passage of the Homestead Land Bill (2013) and the … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court, on October 9, 2018, sent three directors of the Amrapali Group to police custody, directing them to hand over all the documents of the 46 group companies to forensic auditors. A … READ FULL STORY
A Supreme Court bench of chief justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices SK Kaul and KM Joseph, on October 8, 2018, asked the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to communicate, within six weeks, its decision … READ FULL STORY
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has refused to vacate its 2015 order, restraining construction and transfer of possession of flats on the Yamuna floodplains in Agra, after two builders sought lifting of the ban. … READ FULL STORY
Rampant groundwater extraction and erratic supply from treatment plants, has deepened a potable water crisis in several parts of Gurugram, residents claim. People living in DLF Phase One, Two, Three, Four and Five, South … READ FULL STORY
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) opted for a surprising status quo, at the bi-monthly review, on October 5, 2018, on expectations of a softening price rise but changed the policy stance to ‘calibrated … READ FULL STORY
After protests by residents’ welfare associations, the Noida Entrepreneurs Association (NEA) and more than a dozen other groups, which saw thousands of people coming out on the city’s roads, on October 4, 2018, the … READ FULL STORY
Power utility CESC Ltd has said that it is evaluating a business model for e-charging stations network in its distribution area. CESC Ltd’s managing director (distribution) Debasish Banerjee made the announcement on October 4, … READ FULL STORY
State governments have been regularly granting land titles to tribal people under the Forest Rights Act and no specific case of violation of the legislation has come to the notice of the Tribal Affairs … READ FULL STORY
The Madras High Court, on October 1, 2018, restrained the registration department from registering any mortgage deed, involving a portion of a marshland in Chennai by a private IT company, as a security for … READ FULL STORY
The Manila-headquartered multi-lateral funding agency, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of India, on October 1, 2018, signed a USD 150-million loan, to finance continued improvements to road connectivity and efficiency of the … READ FULL STORY
