The Bombay High Court, on October 11, 2017, vacated its order prohibiting the Thane and Pune civic bodies from issuing occupancy and commencement certificates, to new constructions in some areas of the two cities, … READ FULL STORY
A Bombay High Court bench of chief justice Manjula Chellur and justice NM Jamdar, on September 19, 2017, refused to permit the use of heavy machinery and transportation vehicles at night, saying that it … READ FULL STORY
A Mumbai family that had been fighting a legal battle for 48 years, to regain possession of their one-room flat that they had rented out, got justice after the Bombay High Court asked the … READ FULL STORY
The Bombay High Court, on September 8, 2017, pulled up the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), saying that its ‘constant delay’ in filing replies, was preventing the court from deciding several important cases, especially those … READ FULL STORY
Observing that there has been no real compliance of several orders on the implementation of noise pollution norms, the Bombay High Court, on September 7, 2017, said that the Maharashtra government should stop treating … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court, on September 4, 2017, asked the Bombay High Court to decide within two months, the pleas challenging the validity of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA), which are pending … READ FULL STORY
Senior counsels Dinyar Madon and Janak Dwarkadas, representing industrialist Vijaypat Singhania and Raymond Ltd, respectively, on September 4, 2017, told a Bombay High Court bench of justice GS Kulkarni that the lawyers and the … READ FULL STORY
Maintaining that it cannot all at once direct the demolition of buildings and structures that violate height norms near the city’s airport, the Bombay HC has said that the authorities will have to make … READ FULL STORY
Rejecting the Maharashtra government’s stand that silence zones do not exist in the state as of now, the Bombay High Court, on August 23, 2017, said that its 2016 order declaring areas near hospitals, … READ FULL STORY
The Maharashtra government, on August 16, 2017, informed the Bombay High Court that an area cannot be considered as a ‘silence zone’, where anti-noise pollution rules are applicable, unless it is declared or notified … READ FULL STORY
The Bombay High Court, on August 11, 2017, directed the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) not to carry out any construction or ancillary activity on the Metro-3 project at night, for a period … READ FULL STORY
A division bench of the Bombay High Court, of justices RM Savant and Sadhana Jadhav, on August 1, 2017, pulled up the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA), for its failure to comply … READ FULL STORY
A Bombay High Court bench of justices BR Gavai and Riyaz Chagla, on July 19, 2017, imposed a fine and quashed a March 2017 order of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA), … READ FULL STORY
