The Allahabad high court has ruled that land belonging to a religious body can be acquired for a “public purpose” while asking the Church of North India Association and National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to “work out modality” for “demolition or shifting” of a church for construction of a six-lane road. “Once there is… Read More »
In a major relief to all those seeking approval from LDA to change land use of their property from residential to commercial or official, LDA has allowed conversion charges based on LDA sector instead of the DM circle rate as per previous norm. This will lower conversion charges significantly as after a long slump in Lucknow’s… Read More »
The Supreme Court rejected a plea by Marathon Realty seeking leave to appeal against a Bombay high court order of October 2014, that had thrown out the challenge to the state’s decision to take over the land. A division bench of Justice Madan Lokur and Justice Adarsh Goel said the developer’s special leave petition against… Read More »
The Supreme Court has restrained reality major DLF from creating any third party rights on a portion of land where it has constructed the ‘Mall of India’ in Noida area of Uttar Pradesh The counsel said DLF had constructed the ‘Mall of India’ building at sector 18, NOIDA, on the land, a part of which… Read More »
In a major setback to real estate major DLF, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered it to give back the 11 acres of land it has used to develop ‘The Crest’ project to the residents of ‘DLF Park Place’ in Gurgaon. The realty developer had been taken to court for violating the floor… Read More »
The Andhra Pradesh government’s grand plans to turn the temple town of Tirupati into a greater civic body made headway on Tuesday as the decision to implement land pooling scheme (LPS) in areas that fall under the Tirupati Urban Development Authority (TUDA) was taken. The state government issued directives framing rules for the LPS in… Read More »
The state government has finally rolled out its new transfer of development rights (TDR) policy for Mumbai, where additional construction rights will be given to builders depending on the width of a road along a project site. State urban development secretary Nitin Kareer said the policy has been officially notified. The biggest beneficiaries will be… Read More »
The plan to set up International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in Mumbai is likely to get Centre’s nod this time around, thanks to the revised proposal from the Maharashtra government under which more land has been allotted for the project. A plot adjoining the existing G-Text block at Bandra Kurla Complex has now been added… Read More »
Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani is planning to promulgate an ordinance to regularize all residential properties built on land coming under Urban Land Ceiling Act. The market price of these properties runs into several thousands of crores of rupees. The revenue department has finalized the draft ordinance which will be sent for the formal approval… Read More »