The Bombay High Court, on April 3, 2019, directed the Maharashtra government to pay Rs 15,000 per month as rent to people who were rendered homeless after their dwellings, located near a key water … 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 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
Civic activist, Rajkumar Sharma, was instrumental in pressurising the Maharashtra government to scrap the 2014-34 draft development (DP) plan for Mumbai city.When Sharma studied the draft DP that Mumbai’s civic body put up for … READ FULL STORY
Prakash Paddikal, a businessman and president of the Hillside Residents’ Welfare Association (HIRWA), is a hero for many middle-class residents whose homes border the national park in Mumbai. Paddikal led a fight against the … READ FULL STORY
