A three-member expert panel, set up by the Delhi High Court to look into the menace of unauthorised construction, has expressed concern over the authorities’ failure in urban planning, to provide for the population … READ FULL STORY
The Haryana government has decided to take the help of drones, to monitor and put an end to all illegal constructions in urban areas and their peripheries. In the first phase to be launched … READ FULL STORY
The Madras High Court has clarified that no final decision, on applications submitted for regularisation of unauthorised buildings in the state, shall be taken without its permission. The first bench of chief justice Indira … READ FULL STORY
The Madras High Court has made it clear that in all complaints against illegal construction, if it was found to be true, the building so constructed unauthorisedly shall be razed to the ground. Entries … READ FULL STORY
Maharashtra’s Minister of State for Home Ranjit Patil, on August 11, 2017, said that an inquiry would be conducted into alleged irregularity in the construction of residential buildings by Larsen & Toubro in suburban … READ FULL STORY
Pulling up the three municipal corporations of Delhi, a Delhi High Court bench of acting chief justice Gita Mittal and justice C Hari Shankar, on August 4, 2017, said that the court was flooded … READ FULL STORY
The Haryana government has decided to grant permission for the change of land use (CLU) within 45 days, if the application is complete in all aspects. Presently, CLU permission is granted within 60 days … READ FULL STORY
The Delhi High Court, on May 3, 2017, said that it is the job of the union urban development minister to monitor the situation arising out of unauthorised constructions in the national capital and … READ FULL STORY
A bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), headed by chairperson justice Swatanter Kumar, on April 21, 2017, directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), to inspect the floodplains near Okhla and submit a comprehensive … READ FULL STORY
A Bombay High Court division bench of justice NH Patil, on March 15, 2017, gave an option to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), to decide if it wants to pursue the cases of alleged … READ FULL STORY
The Mumbai suburban district administration will start the process of razing illegal structures in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) in Versova next week, an official said on March 5, 2017. The administration has identified … READ FULL STORY
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
Seeking to prevent further development of unauthorised layouts and conversion of agricultural areas for non-agriculture use in an unplanned way, the Madras High Court has restrained authorities in Tamil Nadu from registering sale deeds … READ FULL STORY
