The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) chose to introduce an incentive of up to 5% on the prompt payment of property tax bills for the first quarter of the financial year 2020-21 to collect a maximum property tax. When you pay online, you can get another 1% tax rebate. Those who pay their annual tax in […]
NMC introduces 5% tax rebate on prompt tax payments.more
On 14 February, the Supreme Court lifted the ban on night-time construction in Delhi-NCR, making it a relief for the real estate industry. In Delhi-NCR, on 4 November 2019, the court had placed a complete ban on construction activities. It took the dramatic decline in air quality in and around the Delhi-NCR area into account. […]
Delhi-NCR real estate market gets the Supreme Court’s revocation on an overnight construction ban.more
The National Green Tribunal has dismissed the environmental clearance (EC) granted to Godrej in Bengaluru to a high-level housing project for the development of the lake buffer zone. A bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice S P Wangdi, Chairperson of the NGT, said that there could have been no environmental clearance for the […]
The National Green Tribunal nullifies environmental clearance for the project of Godrej Properties.more
The Confederation of Real Estate Development Association of India (Credai) has requested the state government to keep ready reckoner (RR) rates unchanged for the next financial year and the existing high rates in some regions. The appeal comes even as local representative district meetings are on in the state for recommendations on RR rates. The […]
Credai appeals to the state government for keeping RR rates to be identical for the buyer interest.more
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) ruled that insolvency proceedings initiated by a flat buyer or financial institution would be pursued only with respect to the project in dispute and would not impact any other projects of developers. The whole insolvency procedure started at the behest of either a flat buyer or a bank […]
Buyers can seek a refund from a real estate firm that is undergoing insolvency.more
Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) would adopt a two-way strategy to tackle a group of real estate developers who breach municipal laws that eventually hinder apartment owners. First, any tax delays must be paid by the builder and not the buyer. Second, until the KMC provides the developer with a clearance certificate (CC) a buyer cannot […]
Kolkata local body enforces strict law upon tax delays.more
On January 30 Tukaram Mundhe, Municipal Commissioner, ordered the Property Tax Division of Nagpur Municipal Commissioner (NMC) to auction government property in order to recover taxes. After a review of the property tax department, he published the guidance. Currently, 314 properties are owned by the central government and property tax dues of Rs 37.86 crore […]
Municipal Commissioner auctions government properties to recover outstanding tax dues.more
Dewan Housing Finance Ltd (DHFL) CMD Kapil Wadhawan, 46 years old, has been arrested and brought before the specified PMLA court by the Enforce Directorate (ED), under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and held under the custody of the ED until 29 January 2020. The court accepted the Agency’s claim that Wadhawan’s remand […]
Crisis of the DHFL: ED arrests CMD Kapil Wadhawan under money laundering case, suspected to be in contact with Iqbal Mirchi.more
Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) lawyers decided to provide home buyers with free legal consultancy and support in court from February 1. The Bar Association-run Legal Aid Cell advocates will serve those in need of help in the logjam between builders and homebuyers. The members have held several seminars to raise awareness about the […]
Lawyers will provide legal assistance to the distressed homebuyers for free.more
A professional in service management shows the way for citizens forced to live in illegal buildings. Jaswinder Bansal not only refused to allow the ageing parents to inhabit their redeveloped apartment, constructed in a completely illegal building but also filed a lawsuit in the High Court of Bombay against the builders and the BMC. On […]
High Court orders demolition of illegal building, following a resident’s complaint.more
