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Property Tax Surge Drives Mumbai’s Revenue Growth

April 5, 2026

Mumbai’s property tax collections have reached a new high in FY26, with certain wards clearly leading the trend. The K-East ward, covering Andheri East, has emerged as the top contributor, reflecting both strong compliance and effective recovery measures. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) recorded its highest-ever property tax collection of Rs 7,610.9 crore, surpassing expectations […]

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BMC stops work at 106 sites for violating air quality norms

January 27, 2026

Mumbai’s civic body has ordered an immediate halt to construction activity at 106 sites across the city after they failed to comply with mandatory air quality monitoring norms. In an official release, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said several construction sites continued to violate prescribed environmental requirements despite repeated follow-ups conducted since May 2025. “Despite […]

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Mumbai: Due to unpaid property taxes, BMC notifies five contractors working on metro projects.

April 20, 2024

On Tuesday, the Mumbai civic body announced that it had sent final notices to five contractors involved in different metro rail projects in the city for failing to pay property taxes totaling approximately Rs 326.22 crore. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a release that these enterprises have received final warnings requiring payment within […]

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Defense’s objections against the redevelopment of a structure near INS Trata are rejected by the Bombay High Court.

October 6, 2023

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court ordered the BMC to process permissions for redeveloping a three-story property near the naval missile battery base INS Trata at Worli in four months without receiving approval from the naval authorities after observing that what was not a security risk to the defense establishment earlier cannot become one on being […]

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Bombay High Court: Tenants have few rights and can’t control redevelopment.

April 10, 2023

MUMBAI: According to the Bombay High Court, tenants have few rights and cannot tell the owner how to renovate their property. The court ordered the BMC to grant a commencement certificate for redevelopment in the matter of a Khar (West) building where an “obstinate tenant” (HC’s words) was delaying renovation. The owner, a limited liability […]

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BMC’s air pollution management strategy in Mumbai depends on builder self-certification.

March 29, 2023

MUMBAI: According to an action plan created by the civic body, if builders do not take action to reduce the dust produced from construction sites, the BMC would issue stop-work warnings to them and take legal action if necessary. If contractors fail to self-certify that a construction project complies with dust mitigation standards, such as […]

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Mumbai: The HC orders the BMC to create regulations for the use of cranes when building highrises.

March 13, 2023

MUMBAI: We expect that none of the highrise developments in the city should render people susceptible and prone to such mishaps, in which innocent people might get maimed or lose their life, stated HC in directing BMC to develop standards for the use of cranes in highrise structures. In a plea, Lokhandwala Residency Tower Cooperative […]

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The SC upholds a Bombay HC decision against laws that raise land property taxes.

November 8, 2022

MUMBAI: The SC upheld an April 2019 Bombay high court decision that invalidated three rules for determining the “capital value” of land where construction is set to begin under a new property tax regime. Despite being a setback for the C, the SC decision by a bench led by Chief Justice U U Lalit and […]

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Bombay HC Raps BMC on ‘Keep a Distance from Builders’.

October 3, 2022

Tenants of the former Janki Bhuvan, which was taken up for redevelopment by Sanghavi Grih Nirman Pvt Ltd in 2009 but was never completed, filed a high court petition. MUMBAI: After seeking permission to evict tenants and demolish a temporary transit building in Prabhadevi, the Bombay High Court warned the BMC to avoid builders. On […]

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Bombay High Court ordered MMRDA to stop road-widening work on housing society plot.

September 10, 2020

On 8 September, Bombay High Court ordered MMRDA “for further stalling of road-widening work on a property owned by a housing society” in Kurla, after alleging that the government had “high-handedly” taken over 700 square metres. The work is carried out in an extended road from Kurla to Vakola on a road between Santacruz and […]

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