MUMBAI: The Authority for Advance Rulings’ Rajasthan bench has ruled that if a lessee (who is registered for GST purposes) uses a residential property for business activities, then GST (Goods and Services Tax) is imposed on the rent. In the instance of Deepak Jain, the petitioner, who rented out his property to a private limited […]
GST must be paid by the lessor on rent if the property is utilized for business.more
MUMBAI: On Monday, the Reserve Bank suggested tightening regulations for housing financing organizations by raising the necessity of retaining liquid assets against liabilities and shortening the maturity period for public deposits to five years. According to the RBI’s draft circular, which is open for comments until February 29th, housing finance companies (HFCs) are now permitted […]
The RBI suggests strengthening the requirements for HFCs to take public deposits.more
MUMBAI: There could be a glimmer of hope for dozens of high net worth individuals who paid tens of crores a decade ago to book luxury apartments in the 3,500-crore Palais Royale, a skyscraper in Worli. At294m (56 floors), it is one of the tallest residential towers in the country. On December 6, the SC […]
SC upholds Palais Royale’s 2019 sale to Pune’s Honest Shelters.more
MUMBAI: A vacation bench of the Bombay High Court upheld the BMC’s November 10 notice to tenants of a Malad building to vacate in anticipation of its immediate demolition, ruling that the mere demolition of a building will not affect the petitioners’ alleged tenancy rights and that they will be entitled to be reconstructed as […]
Bombay High Court: Demolition of building won’t affect tenancy rights.more
MUMBAI: Raymond Ltd. was ordered by the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) to withhold only 2% of the entire consideration of an apartment without charging interest. This is because the developer lost the entire sum of approximately Rs 6 lakh that a couple had paid after their reservation was canceled. It referenced a recent […]
Raymond is directed by MahaRERA to deduct 2% of the total amount for the flat upon cancellation.more
Mumbai: After considerable deliberation and in response to requests from multiple developers and architects regarding concerns regarding the structural stability of the sheets, the BMC has decided to reduce the height rule for tin sheets at construction sites from the originally proposed 35 feet to 25 feet. As per the guidelines released by the BMC […]
Mumbai: BMC lowers the building site tin sheet height restriction to 25 feet due to concerns about structural stability.more MUMBAI: Due to the failure to update their quarterly progress reports, MahaRERA has suspended the registration of 248 projects, including three MHADA projects in Pune and Beed that were registered in February of this year. In a similar vein, the failure to update quarterly project reports may result in the suspension of 224 projects that […]
Due to incomplete reports, MahaRERA suspends the registration of 248 projects.more
MUMBAI: The urban development department of the state has suggested that all BMC and Mhada rehab homes have a floor area of 405 square feet. Section 15 of the notification reads, “The fungible compensatory area admissible on rehab component will be given without charging a premium and such reusable compensatory area for rehabilitation section shall […]
Mumbai: Developers are now required to provide rehabilitation tenants with more space.more
MUMBAI: In a major decision on Monday, the Bombay High Court upheld the right of residents in cessed buildings to receive 405 square feet of carpet for their rehab apartment. 59 people who live in Mohamed Tajbhai chawl in Worli disputed the decision of Oricon Properties Pvt Ltd, the developer, to give them a 351 […]
Bombay HC: Tenants living in abandoned buildings are required to occupy 405 sq ft rehab units.more
MUMBAI: MahaRera will revoke the registration of up to 291 real estate projects that have been put on hold if the builders do not submit the projects’ quarterly progress reports by November 10. Of these projects, 46 are in Nashik, 63 are in Pune, and 104 are in MMR. Around 363 projects whose Forms 1, […]
If builders don’t update the QPR within a month, MahaRERA will cancel 291 projects.more