The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), on June 12, 2018, told the Bombay High Court that it was well within its powers, in granting permission to some private bodies for trimming trees on their respective … READ FULL STORY
Mumbai-based activist Zoru Bhatena has moved the Bombay High Court, seeking directions that the city’s civic body be restrained from carrying out itself, or allowing residents to undertake ‘trimming’ and ‘hacking’ of trees. In … READ FULL STORY
Mulund, planned and designed by Crown & Carter in 1992, is one of the earliest planned neighbourhoods of Mumbai. It has been a centre of attraction, for various commercial, retail and residential activities. It … READ FULL STORY
Scores of people living in the Bhendi Bazaar area in south Mumbai, along with students, took part in a march organised by the Saifee Burhani Upliftment Trust (SBUT), on May 13, 2018. The marchers … READ FULL STORY
The opposition Congress, on April 26, 2018, slammed the Mumbai Development Plan (DP) 2034, saying it was aimed at selling off the city to builders, ahead of the 2019 elections. The NCP charged that … READ FULL STORY
The Bombay High Court, on April 17, 2018, pulled up the Maharashtra government, for failing to identify a place in Mumbai to accommodate persons, who were displaced after their houses in the vicinity of … READ FULL STORY
The Bombay High Court, on April 16, 2018, sought to know from the civic bodies of Mumbai and Thane, if their municipal commissioners take expert opinion, before passing orders to fell trees. As per … READ FULL STORY
Update on March 12, 2019: The government of Maharashtra, on March 1, 2019, announced an amnesty scheme with respect to the penalty that can be levied for insufficient payment of stamp duty made in the … READ FULL STORY
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has spent Rs 5,052 crores on capital expenditure (amounting to 83 per cent), against the allotted budget of Rs 6,111 crores in the fiscal 2017-18. This is 31 per … READ FULL STORY
A Bombay High Court bench of justices AS Oka and RI Chagla, on March 28, 2018, asked developer Rohan Lifespaces, to list preventive steps it was going to take, to ensure that its under-construction … READ FULL STORY
The Bombay High Court, on March 26, 2018, asked the Maharashtra government to consider allotting two plots in the suburbs, originally reserved for a cancer hospital and a public housing project, to rehabilitate over … READ FULL STORY
Work on the Coastal Road project between Nariman Point in south Mumbai and suburban Kandivali, will start in May this year, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis told the legislative council, on March 22, 2018. In … READ FULL STORY
The redeveloped buildings of MHADA and the civic body in Mumbai, would be brought on a single digital platform by linking the documents to Aadhaar, so that information on their sale and purchase could … READ FULL STORY
