Category: Features

Construction

X BKC project promoter declines to pay rent by citing force majeure clause.

April 14, 2020

Invoking the force majeure clause in the context of the COVID-19 lockdown, the promoters of the X BKC project in Kala Nagar, Bandra requested MIG Colony’s original tenants not to deposit their cheques for the May-June period. Citing financial problems and bad market conditions, MIG (Bandra) Realtors and Builders Pvt Ltd, part of the DB […]

X BKC project promoter declines to pay rent by citing force majeure clause.more
High Court

Bombay High Court declares calculation of 90days NPA should not include lockdown duration.

April 13, 2020

In a major relief to a construction firm based in Mumbai, the Bombay High Court said the lockdown duration is to be eliminated when calculating 90 days for the Non-performing Assets (NPAs) declaration. The High Court’s ruling came on a Transcon Iconica petition that took a loan from ICICI Bank and failed to make payments […]

Bombay High Court declares calculation of 90days NPA should not include lockdown duration.more
Under-construction Building

PHD Chamber suggested all under-construction projects to be treated as assets for granting credit to the developers.

April 11, 2020

PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) has suggested that ongoing projects must be treated as assets for providing credit to developers, zero- period interest waiver in Uttar Pradesh should be provided for two years amid COVID-19, and developers who have applied for partial or partial project competition must be issued completion certificates to prevent […]

PHD Chamber suggested all under-construction projects to be treated as assets for granting credit to the developers.more
construction workers

BMC resumes infrastructure work amid lockdown, explains as the pre-monsoon measures.

April 10, 2020

Despite the lockdown, BMC has begun pre-monsoon road-resurfacing, desilting and bridge-building work to prevent accidents, flooding, water-logging and rainfall diseases — it has a little over a month and a half to complete the job. On 6 April, BMC resumed 112 works on roads, bridges and stormwater drains (including desilting) with 2,500 labourers. Additional Municipal […]

BMC resumes infrastructure work amid lockdown, explains as the pre-monsoon measures.more
Durga Shanker Mishra

Housing Minister: Real Estate will soon get special regulatory measures to get restored the industry.

April 9, 2020

Special guidelines and legislative measures will soon be issued for the real estate industry, including the Real Estate Legislative Act (RERA), to counter this crisis, said Durga Shanker Mishra, Secretary, Housing and Urban Affairs. “We are caught in an unimaginable scenario that has engulfed the whole world in its grip. In these critical days, we […]

Housing Minister: Real Estate will soon get special regulatory measures to get restored the industry.more
Real Estate Investors

DHFL under resolution process, declared to not make any payments to lenders and bondholders.

April 8, 2020

Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL) said on Tuesday it would not make any interest or principal payments to lenders and bondholders as the firm is under resolution process. The Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) was started against the debt-ridden corporation in compliance with the 2016 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code regulations with effect from December 3, […]

DHFL under resolution process, declared to not make any payments to lenders and bondholders.more

PCMC collected Rs 198 crore property tax through an online payment system.

April 7, 2020

Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s (PCMC) property tax department raised Rs 198 crore tax via the online payment system, making up the largest portion of Rs 490.11crore’s overall property tax collection for fiscal 2019-20. Smita Zagade, Assistant Commissioner, said this represents the increasing demand for online payment methods. The tax was paid online by owners of […]

PCMC collected Rs 198 crore property tax through an online payment system.more
Maharashtra RERA Rules in Place to Protect Homebuyers from May 1

K-RERA allows three months deadline extensions on all RERA projects.

April 6, 2020

The Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) has provided a deadline extension for all residential buildings throughout the city, taking into account the lockdown declared by the state and the union governments. Much of the mass exodus of migrant workers who decided to return to their hometowns before the coronavirus outbreak, the continuing construction projects […]

K-RERA allows three months deadline extensions on all RERA projects.more
High Court

High Court restricts ICRA ltd from publishing Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd credit score.

April 4, 2020

The Delhi High Court on Friday restricted a private credit rating firm, ICRA Ltd, from allowing the Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (IHFL) credit score public until April 6. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva’s interim direction came on a request to stop ICRA Ltd from downgrading IHFL’s credit score for failing to include any details the credit rating […]

High Court restricts ICRA ltd from publishing Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd credit score.more
Electricity

COVID-19 effect: Maharashtra government declares an 8% reduction in electricity tariff.

April 3, 2020

On March 30th, the Maharashtra government declared an average 8 per cent reduction in the electricity tariff over the next five years to enable enterprises and citizens to sail through the COVID-19 crisis. Although the sector has earned the biggest gains, according to an official announcement, farmers would have to endure a 1 per cent […]

COVID-19 effect: Maharashtra government declares an 8% reduction in electricity tariff.more