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Dharavi, Asia's largest slum

Dharavi Redevelopment: Non-Slum Dwellers to Get Minimum 500 Sq Ft Homes Under Major Policy Upgrade

Residents of buildings and chawls in Dharavi will now get a minimum of 500 sq ft rehabilitation units (370 sq ft carpet + 35% fungible) free of cost, up to a maximum of 753 sq ft, under a proposed amendment to development regulations. The change does not apply to slum hutment dwellers.
MHADA unveils the Motilal Nagar redevelopment master plan, offering 1,600 sq ft RERA carpet homes to residents currently living in 260 sq ft tenements—marking a historic shift in Mumbai’s redevelopment standards.

Could We Have Avoided the Friday Motilal Nagar Incident? A Governance Failure Beyond One Clash

By Varun Singh The recent controversy involving IAS officer Sanjeev Jaiswal at…
Bombay High Court slams BMC for allowing illegal structure to exist for decades next to a ward office in Santacruz; orders inquiry into officials' dereliction while dismissing petitioner's appeal with ₹5 lakh costs.

BMC Commissioner Directed to Hold Inquiry into How Illegal Structure Existed for Decades Next to a BMC Chowki

Bombay High Court slams BMC for allowing illegal structure to exist for decades next to a ward office in Santacruz; orders inquiry into officials’ dereliction while dismissing petitioner’s appeal with ₹5 lakh costs.
The Bombay High Court on March 6, 2026, dismissed a petition alleging a co-op society's voters' list ballooned from 23 to 61 members, ruling petitioners ignored the objection remedy and that factual disputes require evidence, not writ jurisdiction.

Bombay High Court Limits Registrar’s Role – Complex Housing Society Disputes Must Go to Proper Forums

The Bombay High Court has limited the Registrar’s powers in cooperative housing disputes, ruling that complex issues like succession and document validity must be handled by courts, not administrative bodies. In quashing a 2018 order substituting a member’s name, the court restored the status quo in a decades-old case, highlighting jurisdictional overreach.
India’s office market shattered records in 2025 with 83.3 million sq ft of leasing, led by GCCs and flex spaces, as vacancy dropped to a five-year low, says JLL.

Maharashtra Govt Reiterates Policy: No Office Should Function on Rent; Forms Committee to Allot Space in GST Bhavan

Reaffirming its policy to eliminate rented offices, the Maharashtra government has formed a committee to allocate vacant space in GST Bhavan, Wadala, to state departments. The move aims to cut rental expenditure and optimise government-owned infrastructure.