Neither the district registrar nor the inspector general of registration are vested with powers to cancel a sale deed executed by following the procedures as contemplated under the Registration Act, the Madras High Court … READ FULL STORY
March 11, 2024: The Madras High Court, on March 6, 2024, directed the Tamil Nadu government to follow the market value guidelines (MVG) fixed with effect from June 9, 2017, and upheld the single … READ FULL STORY
Even though a married woman lives at her husband’s home, it is wrong to presume that she has given up her residential status at her parents’ home, the Madras High Court (HC) has ruled. … READ FULL STORY
The Karta can sell, mortgage and alienate the joint assets of his Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) even if a minor member may have an undivided interest in it, the Supreme Court has ruled. The Karta does … READ FULL STORY
Parents are free to take back property they have given to their children through a settlement deed if they don’t get the promised care from them, the Madras High Court (HC) has ruled. The … READ FULL STORY
June 26, 2023: Homemaker wives have an equal share in a property purchased by their husbands since they contribute to the acquisition by taking care of the family, the Madras High Court (HC) has … READ FULL STORY
In a ruling favouring homebuyers, the Madras High Court (HC) upheld an order issued by the district registrar (administration) Chennai that declared collection of the transfer fee by flat owners’ association to be illegal. … READ FULL STORY
The stamp and registration department has no power to cancel a sale or conveyance deed that has been registered following the prescribed rules, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has ruled. “The … READ FULL STORY
Madras, the former name for today’s bustling metropolis – Chennai, was founded on the 22nd of August, 1639 when a deal on a small patch of land (now Fort St.George) was struck between the … READ FULL STORY
The Madras High Court, on October 4, 2019, refused to quash a money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), against real estate firm VGN Developers Private Limited, related to the purchase of … READ FULL STORY
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) told the Supreme Court, on August 22, 2019 that the Rs 10,000-crore Salem-Chennai eight-lane green corridor road project, is of ‘national importance’ and that the Madras High … READ FULL STORY
The Madras High Court, on July 12, 2019, dismissed a petition filed by the Tamil Nadu government, challenging the Rs 100-crore penalty imposed on the state by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), for not … READ FULL STORY
A Supreme Court bench of chief justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, on April 22, 2019, said that it is not inclined to interfere with the Madras High Court order … READ FULL STORY
