Category: Legal Article

Supreme court

SC concludes 20-year old battle, declares two JVPD plots as an ‘Open Spaces’.

April 22, 2020

In a judgment closing a 20-year-old battle, the Supreme Court ordered that two open spaces at the Juhu-Vile Parle Development Scheme (JVPD) be maintained as open spaces only. It upheld a 2017 Bombay High Court Order labelling Mhada’s decision to approve construction on the two layout open spaces as an “illegality” and “set off with […]

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Emirates REIT plans to buy-back $400 million in bonds to improve its balance sheet.

Emirates REIT, a sharia-compliant real estate investment trust headquartered in Dubai, is contemplating buying back some of it’s nearly $400 million in Islamic outstanding bonds to boost its balance sheet, three sources told Reuters. Given the economic pressures induced by the coronavirus pandemic, which is worsening an already stagnant property sector in Dubai, the idea […]

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High Court

Delhi HC orders Indiabulls Housing for the outstandings to NCD investors.

April 21, 2020

A Delhi High Court order received by private-sector lender Indiabulls Housing Finance toward market regulator Sebi has placed mutual fund houses in a tight position. The HC has permitted Indiabulls, a Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) not to pay its debenture holders, including fund houses, interest and principal, as far as the RBI requires banks and […]

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office

Office workplace to focus on creating wide spaces to comply with social distancing standards.

April 20, 2020

COVID-19 outbreak and government-mandated social distancing standards will affect workplace requirements and designs in the coming future as businesses look at ways to safeguard their employee’s health. Companies working in commercial complexes are required to uphold social distancing norms and be able to confront any unexpected health issues. Many firms, particularly in information technology and […]

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Real estate

Mumbai and Pune city may not get the relief benefit for the construction projects.

April 17, 2020

The updated guidelines for ongoing construction projects provided by the Center on April 15 have come as a significant relief to the builders as workers stationed at such sites are now able to begin construction work. The updated guidelines, however, also confirmed that such work cannot be performed in places designated as COVID-19 hotspots. Mumbai […]

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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 […]

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Housing Plots

Karnataka government plans to raise funds by selling Bengaluru housing sites.

As per Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on 13 April, with the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent 21-day lockdown causing a financial crisis, cash-starved Karnataka agreed to auction 12,000 housing sites to raise funds. “The government will auction 12,000 corner sites, idle in Bengaluru, to collect funds for development work,” Yediyurappa said following a meeting with ministers […]

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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 […]

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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