SC stays razing of Worli’s 50-year-old National House, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] The National Insurance Company successfully engaged the services of attorney general R Venkataramani to convince the Supreme Court on Monday to stop the BMC from demolishing its 50-year-old building on Annie Besant Road in Worli.The Bombay high court had directed the BMC on November 15 to demolish the 'India...

Hc Notices To Bmc On Tax Evasion Plea By Bus Operators, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] A division bench of MP high court on Friday issued notices to respondents in connection with a petition alleging that buses run on permits issued in name of Bhopal municipal corporation operated from Bhopal to other places and tax worth crores was evaded. The petition filed by RTI activist...

Hc Asks Govt To Reply In Three Weeks, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] Chhattisgarh high court has asked the state government and others to file a reply within three weeks on a petition demanding a probe into the alleged substandard construction of Kohka Minor Canal Link Road in the steel city of Bhilai.The road was inaugurated in March, 2021 by chief minister...

Hc Seeks Compliance Report On Open Manholes, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] An advocate who moved an application in the Bombay high court in a pending contempt on potholes cited a November 8 report in TOI on the death of a 68-year-old woman after she fell into an open manhole in Virar. The news report quoted an activist as saying that...

HC seeks BMC’s response on its policy regarding footpaths, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Friday sought a response from the BMC on its policy regarding constructions, shops, installations or other such obstructions on side-walks, footpaths and pavements in the city.The HC said, "Everywhere there is an obstruction of pavements and sidewalks impeding pedestrian movement."The bench, comprising Justices...

Suburban Collector May Face Contempt, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Thursday was "pained" to note that the collector (suburbs) had not complied with its order to reconstruct a crematorium at Malad within a month.The court warned of contempt after noting that Nidhi Chaudhari had not written to the BMC for days about the...

SC upholds Bombay HC verdict against rules pushing up land property tax, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] MUMBAI: The Supreme Court on Monday upheld an April 2019 Bombay high court judgment that had struck down three rules to fix the 'capital value' of land where construction is set to start under a new property tax regime.In a setback for the BMC, the SC judgment by a...