illegal constructions

Bombay High Court Bans Land Reclamation in Maharashtra
The Mumbai High Court (HC) has completely banned any kind of reclamation and development on wetlands in Maharashtra. This wetland may include any land adjacent to water bodies such as the mangroves, coastline marshes and swamps. The HC also called for stringent action against anyone who violated this order. HC calls for total ban The […]

Nod to Akrama-Sakrama legislation: Cut-off date not yet fixed
In a move to create a stir, the Karnataka government gave its assent to the Akrama-Sakrama legislation, to regularize all the illegal constructions in the state. The Assembly gave its nod to the ordinance-replacement bill that aims to extend the cut-off date for regularizing all unauthorized constructions (like violating by-laws and floor area ratio) in […]