Category: Legal Article

GMDA initiates Geographical Information System to prevent land scams.

September 1, 2020

In order to accurately map land areas across the district, the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has launched a survey using Geographic Information System (GIS) technology. The method of land demarcation will be modernised. The decision was made after officers of GMDA were informed of illegal land invasions, which they were not aware of. Marking […]

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HDFC bank pays 20% less rent to the landlord due to pandemic lockdown.

August 27, 2020

Recently, the owner who leased his four-story building at the Regional Office of the HDFC Bank in Indore paid a 20% lower rent from the HDFC Bank. The landlord had no choice but to accept this since he could not know whether he could get another customer to occupy all four floors of the building. […]

HDFC bank pays 20% less rent to the landlord due to pandemic lockdown.more

Gurugram civic body gets an order to seal 10 properties in a week for non-payment of property tax.

August 25, 2020

On August 23, the MCG sealed two properties for non-payment of property taxes of around Rs 22 lakh. The first property is located in Sector 32, with dues of Rs 12.07 lakh, the second in Sector 49, with dues of Rs 10 lakh, officials have stated. The sealing process follows the orders of MCG Commissioner […]

Gurugram civic body gets an order to seal 10 properties in a week for non-payment of property tax.more

CCI Projects Ltd will have to pay interest on late possession says MahaRERA.

August 24, 2020

Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) dismissed the developer’s argument that, since home buyers continued to pay even after the promised date of occupancy had passed, they had “acquiesced” and agreed to the delay in possession. In three separate orders, MahaRERA’s Bhalchandra Kapadnis has advised developer CCI Projects Ltd, to pay interest on deferred possession […]

CCI Projects Ltd will have to pay interest on late possession says MahaRERA.more

Bombay High Court grants bail to the DHFL promoters on Yes Bank scam.

August 21, 2020

In the case of Yes Bank scam, the Bombay High Court grants a bail on 20 August to the DHFL promoters Kapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawan, following the inability by the investigation agency to deliver its charges in the required 60-day time frame, in an embarrassment for the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The Wadhawan brothers were […]

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Edelweiss ARC plans to auction DB Realty plot as it defaulted Rs 439 crore.

August 20, 2020

More than a decade ago, this prime sea-side plot of the Charni Road in southern Mumbai was to build the country’s tallest 125 storey luxury hotel. Some years later, a plan was revised and two 60-story residential towers were built on the 2.2-acre land. However, all of the plans have been void. The land would […]

Edelweiss ARC plans to auction DB Realty plot as it defaulted Rs 439 crore.more

Government to consider GST relief package to aid with the impact of COVID-19.

April 27, 2020

India is considering a relief package for Goods and Services Tax (GST) to fight Covid-19’s effect and help support the economy, said people with knowledge of the issue. The package under consideration could include a six-month suspension of GST payments for the worst-hit sectors such as restaurants, aviation and hospitality and a lower rate for […]

Government to consider GST relief package to aid with the impact of COVID-19.more

Construction sites with up to 10 workers do not need permission to operate.

On April 26, the Haryana government said small residential industrial construction sites employing up to 10 workers, within the Municipal Corporation, municipalities, and rural areas, do not need permission to operate during the lockdown. A letter was issued by the Haryana Labour Department to the administrative secretaries, to the division commissioner and to the deputy […]

Construction sites with up to 10 workers do not need permission to operate.more

ITAT approves hold on paying tax demand to make builder pay its workers.

April 25, 2020

A construction company, which planned to take care of its workers, support staff and employees during the Covid-19 pandemic and was unable to do so because of the pending Income Tax (I-T) claim for Rs 2.91 crore, frozen bank accounts and the attachment of its debtors, received a favourable order from the Income Tax Appellate […]

ITAT approves hold on paying tax demand to make builder pay its workers.more

NEFOWA requested builders not to raise maintenance charges in the housing society during the lock-down.

A representative of homebuyers in Greater Noida, the Noida Extension Flat Owners Welfare Association (NEFOWA) urged builders not to increase maintenance charges in the housing society during the lockdown. When a few developers in the area increased maintenance prices, the Association wrote to the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India. Eros Group, which […]

NEFOWA requested builders not to raise maintenance charges in the housing society during the lock-down.more