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BMC’s 9-Year Delay on Illegal Structures: Could 14 Kamla Mills Lives Have Been Saved?
14 young lives were lost in Kamla Mills because BMC officials treated demolition orders against illegal structures like garbage for nine long years. This is the deadly price Mumbai pays for its municipal mafia’s criminal laziness.
Homebuyers Are Vulnerable, Developers Not on Equal Footing: Bombay High Court
In a powerful pro-homebuyer verdict, the Bombay High Court has held that allottees are “generally very vulnerable” and cannot be placed on equal footing with promoters, clearing the way for withdrawal of deposited refund amounts during developer appeals.
HDIL Sold Non-Existent Flats, Society Denies Membership, Court Says Society Is Right
In a major victory for housing societies, the Bombay High Court has upheld the decision of Dheeraj Dreams CHS Ltd. to deny membership to buyers who purchased “flats” that never existed. HDIL had sold mandatory refuge areas as residential flats years after the developer lost rights over the property. The Court ruled that societies cannot be forced to admit members for non-existent flats as it would violate the law.