October 10, 2023: The Supreme Court (SC) on October 9, 2023, directed the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) and Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) to deposit Rs 30 crore in an escrow account for the creation … READ FULL STORY
Under the Indian income tax (IT) laws, a property owner is liable to pay taxes to the government on its sale, based on the holding period and profit earned (known as capital gains). The … READ FULL STORY
August 18, 2023: The Supreme Court (SC) has recently issued notices to the chief secretaries of Nagaland, Sikkim, Meghalaya and Union Territory of Ladakh to give their responses on the lack of establishment of … READ FULL STORY
Supertech’s twin residential towers in Noida’s Emerald Court housing society were demolished at 2:30 PM on August 28, 2022. The taking-down of the twin towers came a year after the Supreme Court (SC) ordered the … READ FULL STORY
Taking a serious note of violations to the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms, the Supreme Court (SC) has followed up with the Kerala state government yet again, to check whether its directions have been … READ FULL STORY
It is conventional wisdom that the Indian state enjoys the power of ‘eminent domain’, which refers to the power of the sovereign to acquire private immovable property for public use, provided the public nature … READ FULL STORY
The AAP government, on January 23, 2020, informed the Delhi High Court that unauthorised colonies in forest areas are prohibited from regularisation under the centre’s October 2019 notification to regularise illegal settlements in the … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court, on January 8, 2020, ruled that to forcibly dispossess citizens of their private property, without following the due process of law, would be to violate a human right, as also the … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court, on May 21, 2019, stayed the Delhi High Court order, which had held that the 2016 black money law cannot be allowed to operate with retrospective effect from July 2015, to … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court, on April 8, 2019, stayed a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order imposing a penalty of Rs 5 lakhs each on educational institutions in the national capital, for failing to install rainwater … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court, on April 2, 2019, asked the centre and the parties that have challenged the validity of various provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, to consensually frame the questions of law to … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court has sought responses from the centre and the Uttar Pradesh government, on a plea challenging the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT’s) order, which refused to declare the low-lying areas in and around … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court, on December 10, 2018, issued notices to five states, seeking their responses on a plea challenging the validity of certain amendments made by them, to a central law of 2013 on … READ FULL STORY
