The first bench of the Madras High Court, comprising acting chief justice Huluvadi G Ramesh and justice R Mahadevan, on February 27, 2017, directed the state government to come up with a comprehensive policy … READ FULL STORY
A total of 235 cases and instances have been registered under the Benami Transactions Act, by the Income Tax (I-T) department till mid-February, according to a report. “Show-cause notices for attachment have been issued … READ FULL STORY
Delhi’s deputy chief minister and minister of finance, Manish Sisodia, on February 9, 2017, said that keeping land and real estate outside the purview of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and a higher … READ FULL STORY
The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO), is positive that more firms will participate in the bid for the development of its ambitious Navi Mumbai International Airport project, a senior development authority … READ FULL STORY
Only 54% of the total 2.5 crore 7/12 receipts (a land title document) in Maharashtra have been digitised so far, a state government said. Maharashtra’s revenue minister Chandrakant Patil, in December 2016, had announced … READ FULL STORY
The first bench of the Madras High Court, comprising chief justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice M Sundar, on January 30, 2017, declined to vacate the order banning the registration of plots and houses, … READ FULL STORY
The most frequent disagreement in Indian real estate is land dispute. Cases range from of illicit land grabbing and illegal land sales, to instances of purchase of land where no actual purchase has taken … READ FULL STORY
Come March 2017, every land owner in Maharashtra, can obtain a digital copy of the land-title document, popularly known as 7/12 utara/extract. It would be like income tax returns, which are now digitally signed … READ FULL STORY
In 2016, the comprehensive Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act was passed, with the intent of bringing unaccounted money into the system, as well as seizing benami property and prosecuting those indulging in such activities. … READ FULL STORY
Sagar Mehendale, a salaried person, was looking to buy a resale flat for his second investment, so that he could let it out on rent. As he could only invest by taking a home … READ FULL STORY
A senior officer of the Revenue Department, said that the land records of all villages of Delhi, except for villages in the north district, have been digitised and digitally signed from November 1, 2016. … READ FULL STORY
Hundreds of farmers from at least seven villages in Purandar tehsil in Pune district, where a greenfield international airport is proposed to be set up, staged a protest, claiming that the project will hit … READ FULL STORY
The Maharashtra government has signed an agreement with the Civil Aviation Ministry and the Airports Authority of India, for developing 10 airports in the state under the centre’s regional connectivity scheme (RCS). RCS, which … READ FULL STORY
