Delhi Development Act

The Supreme Court dealt with the large‑scale misuse of residential premises for commercial purposes in Delhi. Earlier it had ordered the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to seal offending premises, granting traders a deadline of 30 June 2006 subject to affidavits. The Union of India subsequently enacted the Delhi Laws (S…

The appellant, a resident of a building in Hauz Khas, challenged the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s issuance of a Regularisation Certificate that allowed the owners of a pathological laboratory to operate on multiple floors of the residential building. The High Court dismissed the writ petition, holding it was a priv…

The Supreme Court examined disciplinary punishments imposed on four Delhi Development Authority officers, including Om Kumar and Virendra Nath, for alleged misconduct in the allotment of land to Skipper Construction. The petitioners argued that the punishments were not proportionate to the gravity of the offences and s…

The Supreme Court entertained writ petitions filed by environmental activist M.C. Mehta under Article 32, seeking relief from severe air pollution caused by mechanical stone crushers operating in Delhi and adjoining areas of Haryana. The petitioners alleged that the stone‑dust and smoke emitted by the crushers endanger…

The State of Maharashtra issued notices under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 between 1968 and 1970 to acquire land covering 86 villages for the New Bombay township, with declarations under Section 6 in 1971‑72 and awards in 1985‑86. The land owners challenged the acquisition, alleging inordinate delay, tha…

Vikas Singh, the owner of a residential plot in Delhi, obtained a building plan sanction in July 2013 for a 15‑metre structure including a stilt. After the Delhi Master Plan was amended in September 2013 to allow buildings up to 17.5 metres with stilt parking and to treat such structures as non‑high‑rise, Singh applied…