Top Law News Bombay High Court allows BMC to use private building as quarantine facility. June 25, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has permitted the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to use a private residential building it requisitioned as a quarantine facility, after the civic body gave an undertaking to pay a monthly rent of over Rs 28 lakh for such use. In an order passed last week, a bench of Justices S J Kathawalla […] Read more » Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Justice N R Borkar Justice S J Kathawalla Neelkamal Realty Tower
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Coastal road work: Supreme Court dismisses contempt plea against Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation July 11, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court (SC) recently dismissed a contempt petition which alleged that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had carried out new construction work for the coastal road project in violation of its previous order. On May 6, the Apex court had modified a status quo order of the Bombay high court (HC), allowing work to […] Read more » Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Coastal road work contempt plea against Supreme Court The Supreme Court
Top Law News High Court: BMC needs to follow due process of law to take over park May 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) cannot take possession of the 20-acre Priyadarshini Park in south Mumbai without following the due process of law. The park, situated on the Nepean Sea road, is being maintained since 1985 by the Malabar Hill Citizens’ Forum. In April last year, the civic body […] Read more » BMC Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation featured
Public Utilities BMC needs to follow due process of law to take over Priyadarshini park, says Bombay High Court May 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a landmark decision, the Bombay High Court on Thursday said that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) cannot take possession of the 20-acre Priyadarshini Park in south Mumbai without following the due process of law. The park, situated on the Nepean Sea road, is being maintained since 1985 by the Malabar Hill Citizens’ Forum. In […] Read more » BMC Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation malabar hill citizens forum priyadarshini park
Top Law News High Court asks cricket body if it will seek extra water for IPL pitches, ground April 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today sought to know from the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) if it would seek additional water supply from the Pune civic body for ground and pitch maintenance for six IPL matches shifted to that city from Chennai. The MCA stadium at Gahunje in Pune will host the remaining six ‘home’ matches […] Read more » Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Cauvery Cauvery Water Management Board Chennai Super Kings featured IPL Karnataka Kolkata Knight Riders M A Chidambaram M A Chidambaram Stadium Maharashtra Cricket Association Mahendra singh Dhoni public interest litigation South Mumbai Tamil Nadu
Top Law News Which law allows you to turn private toilets into public ones : Bombay High Court March 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to explain the provisions under which the civic body had decided to convert ‘private toilets’ into public ones under the Swachh Bharat Mission. A division bench of Justices A S Oka and Riyaz Iqbal Chagla was hearing a writ petition filed by owners of […] Read more » BMC Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation featured Justices A S Oka private toilets into public ones pvt toilets into public ones Riyaz Iqbal Chagla Swachh Bharat Mission
Top Law News State must acquire private land within fixed time period: Bombay HC October 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has observed that the Maharashtra government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) cannot hold on to a private plot of land without officially acquiring it within the period stipulated under the Land Acquisition Act. A bench of Justices Riyaz Chagla and Vasanti Naik observed this recently while hearing a petition filed […] Read more » BMC Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra government
Top Law News Explain logic behind appointing senior lawyers for petty matters September 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Irked by the “lackadaisical response” of the BMC lawyers in “several important” cases, the Bombay High Court has directed the civic body to explain the logic it employs for leaving these cases to “not-so-capable” advocates while engaging services of “senior counsel for petty matters”. The court directed Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Ajoy Mehta to […] Read more » Ajoy Mehta BMC Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Court featured Law Legal News
High Profile Cases Can’t control nature but haven’t moved an inch: Bombay HC on Mumbai floods September 2, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has said we cannot control nature but the situation in the city of Mumbai which has been facing floods during monsoons regularly has not improved in the past few years. The remarks were made by a division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice N M Jamdar while hearing a […] Read more » Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra government Mumbai floods
Top Law News Bombay High Court notice to cops over security to BMC staff during demolition July 4, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has issued notice to the city police commissioner and senior police inspectors of those police stations that refused to provide protection to civic officials while demolishing illegal hutments from pipelines supplying drinking water. A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice Anil Menon were informed by senior counsel S […] Read more » BMC Bombay High Court Bombay High Court notice to cops over security to BMC staff during demolition Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice Anil Menon courts featured Law Legal News
Top Law News SC to hear Campa Cola illegal flats case Jan 6 December 17, 2013 / December 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a huge relief to hundreds of agitating residents of the Campa Cola Compound in South Mumbai’s posh Worli area, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the demolition of illegal flats built there till May 31, 2014. Taking suo motu cognizance of the issue, the apex court directed the officials of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation […] Read more » BMC Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Campa Cola Compound counsel Fali Nariman demolition of illegal flats Justice GS Singhvi Member of Parliament Milind Deora news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Civic body duty bound to pull down dilapidated buildings : HC February 9, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Civic body duty bound to pull down dilapidated buildings : HC The Bombay High Court has ruled that a municipal body is duty bound to pull down a dilapidated building or structure and police is also obliged to provide logistic support to this exercise even though the occupants of the property may be unwilling to vacate the premises. The ruling was delivered yesterday by Justices KK […] Read more » 354 of the Act Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Civic body duty bound dilapidated buildings Justices KK Tated and AM Khan section 354 of Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act
