The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has attached three out of four properties of fugitive diamond businessman Nirav Modi, for the recovery of property tax worth Rs 9.5 crores pending against them, a civic official … 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 Delhi police, on January 3, 2020, lodged 13 cases against builders, promoters and societies, for cheating home buyers by falsely promising them flats under the DDA’s Land Pooling Policy, a senior police officer … READ FULL STORY
The Bombay High Court has directed the collector of Thane district in Maharashtra, to conduct a survey of illegal constructions in Bhiwandi tehsil and initiate action of demolition of such structures. A division bench … READ FULL STORY
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
If a deity in a temple commits an act of encroachment, it has to be dealt with in accordance to the law, the Madras High Court said, on January 4, 2019, while giving direction … READ FULL STORY
The Maharashtra government has proposed changes in calculating penalties, to regularise illegal residential buildings in the state, in a move that is likely to provide some relief to occupants of such structures. The modifications … READ FULL STORY
The Madras High Court, on August 30, 2018, directed the Chennai Corporation to transfer all officials serving in its Vigilance Cell within four weeks and appoint new officials, after pulling up the civic body … READ FULL STORY
The Bombay High Court, on August 23, 2018, sought an explanation from the Maharashtra government, over the ‘gross delay’ in demolishing illegal shrines in the state. The government had to raze all unauthorised shrines, … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court, on July 18, 2018, said there would be ‘no stopping of sealing or demolition’ of unauthorised constructions in Delhi. The apex court’s direction came, after the centre told a bench comprising … READ FULL STORY
The Madras High Court was, on June 22, 2018, informed by an amicus curiae that unauthorised constructions were continuing close to the beach, along a prime stretch of the East Coast Road on the … READ FULL STORY
A Supreme Court bench of justices MB Lokur and Navin Sinha, on May 24, 2018, rejected the centre’s submission that there was no need to take suggestions or objections from the public on the … READ FULL STORY
With cities becoming increasingly polluted, many home owners are turning to gardening, by keeping small plants at home, to provide some greenery. However, installing plants at home also means that one needs to know … READ FULL STORY
