Tag: #Bombay High Court

No judicial relief, Ahuja Constructions directors were detained in the cheque-bouncing case.

June 13, 2022

Following their conviction in a cheque-bouncing case in March 2021, the city crime branch arrested two directors of Mumbai-based Ahuja Constructions, 71-year-old builder Jagdish Bhagwandas Ahuja and his son Gautam Ahuja (42), on Friday. Because of the pandemic scenario at the time, no measures were taken to imprison them. They did not contest their conviction. […]

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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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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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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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Bombay High Court halts property demolition & property auctions until 31st March.

March 20, 2020

On March 19, the Bombay High Court recommended that civic bodies in Maharashtra temporarily refrain from carrying out demolition or auction of property as courts, which are often shifted for relief in such matters, are already operating for restricted hours owing to the coronavirus epidemic. A Division Bench of Justices S J Kathawalla and R I […]

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BMC intends to retrieve Rs 10 crore tax from Nirav Modi’s properties.

March 6, 2020

In a desperate bid to recover Rs 9.42 crore, owed by alleged economic offender Nirav Modi as property tax, the BMC has written to the Enforcement Directorate seeking to be paid as soon as the agency auctions the three commercial properties of the elusive diamantaire. A senior civic official said BMC has the first claim […]

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Maharashtra state will enable selling of SRA flats in just 5 years lock-in period.

February 28, 2020

The State housing department would shortly be enabling the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) project beneficiaries to sell their homes in five years instead of ten years. Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad made the announcement at the assembly on 25 February to reduce the lock-in period. The decision was taken on the basis of a recommendation provided […]

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High Court orders demolition of illegal building, following a resident’s complaint.

January 25, 2020

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 […]

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High Court ordered the Goa government to stop illegal sand mining with paltry fines.

December 21, 2019

The Bombay High Court in Goa questioned the procedure of release confiscated tons of illicit-extracted sand and gravel after paying an insignificant fine, coming under heavy pressure from the government. The high court, which found it unconstitutional, said this would enable only further extraction of sand and gravel from riverbeds and riverbanks. “These individuals will […]

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Nine developers and MHADA held a meeting to negotiate the costing of Patra Chawl redevelopment project.

November 29, 2019

The 672 tenants of Patra Chawl’s redevelopment project in Goregaon get a ray of hope for the first time since their homes were demolished in 2010. On 27 November, nine private developers who bought the land from Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL) in the 42-acre redevelopment plan, met with officials from the Maharashtra Housing […]

Nine developers and MHADA held a meeting to negotiate the costing of Patra Chawl redevelopment project.more