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The petitioner, a hotel operator in a census slum in Kurla, sought to regularise his commercial premises under the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance, and Redevelopment) Act, 1971, claiming protection as a protected occupier holding a photo‑pass. The respondents argued that the structure …
The petitioner, Mauli Sai Developers Pvt. Ltd., filed a writ petition seeking a court order directing Respondent No.4 to decide its applications filed under Sections 33 and 38 of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971, within a specific time frame. The …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation filed two writ petitions under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution challenging orders of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Tribunal dated 15 March 1999 that had set aside demolition notices issued under the Bombay …
The petitioners, partnership firms holding land declared a slum, entered into development‑cum‑sale agreements in 1985 (and one in 1996) and later executed conveyances in 2012 to perfect their title. The Deputy Collector of Stamps assessed stamp duty on the basis of the 2012 market value using …
The petitioners, partnership firms holding land declared a slum, entered into Development‑cum‑Sale Agreements in 1985 (and a Sale Agreement in 1996) and later executed conveyances in 2012 to perfect their title. The Deputy Collector of Stamps assessed stamp duty on the basis of the 2012 market value …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation filed two writ petitions under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution challenging orders of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Tribunal dated 15 March 1999 that had set aside demolition notices issued under the Bombay …
The petitioners, partnership firms holding land declared a slum, entered into Development‑cum‑Sale Agreements in 1985 (and a Sale Agreement in 1996) and later executed conveyances in 2012 to perfect their title. The Deputy Collector of Stamps assessed stamp duty on the basis of the 2012 market value …
The petitioners, partnership firms holding land declared a slum, entered into development‑cum‑sale agreements in 1985 (and one in 1996) and later executed conveyances in 2012 to perfect their title. The Deputy Collector of Stamps assessed stamp duty on the basis of the 2012 market value using …
The Bombay High Court examined a protracted slum‑rehabilitation scheme on about 66,000 sq m of State land in Chembur, where Ruparel Buildcon Pvt. Ltd. was appointed as developer under consent terms signed in March 2021. The consent terms settled disputes among earlier developers and the federation …
The Bombay High Court examined a protracted slum‑rehabilitation scheme on about 66,000 sq m of State land in Chembur, where Ruparel Buildcon Pvt. Ltd. was appointed as developer under consent terms signed in March 2021. The consent terms settled disputes among earlier developers and the federation …
The Bombay High Court examined a protracted slum‑rehabilitation scheme on about 66,000 sq m of State land in Chembur, where Ruparel Buildcon Pvt. Ltd. was appointed as developer under consent terms signed in March 2021. The consent terms settled disputes among earlier developers and the federation …
The Bombay High Court examined a protracted slum‑rehabilitation scheme on about 66,000 sq m of State land in Chembur, where Ruparel Buildcon Pvt. Ltd. was appointed as developer under consent terms signed in March 2021. The consent terms settled disputes among earlier developers and the federation …
Manav Developers Pvt. Ltd., the purchaser of a plot in Pune, filed an application under Order 7 Rule 11 of the CPC seeking dismissal of a special civil suit filed by 91 slum‑dwelling plaintiffs who challenged the slum declaration and their ineligibility under the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, …
The petitioners challenged the dismissal of their Section 47 application that sought to bar execution of a 2015 eviction decree on the ground that the property had been declared a slum under the Maharashtra Slum Areas Act, 1971. The execution proceedings were instituted in 2016, before the property …
The petitioners, claiming Scheduled Tribe status, argued that they were protected tenants of a plot in Kandivali under the Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, and therefore could not be evicted under Sections 33 and 38 of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and …
Mr. Laxman Narayan Lad filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court seeking rehabilitation benefits under the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971, alleging that the respondents denied his claim without an independent survey. The petitioner had earlier filed …
The petitioner, Sanjay Nagari SRA Sahakari Gruha Nirman Sanstha, filed a writ petition challenging actions of the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) after the SRA terminated the appointment of a developer under Section 13(2) of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) …
The petitioners, Shree Samarth Spark Developers, challenged a correction order dated 22 June 2026 issued by the Chairperson of the AGRC, which modified an earlier stay order under Section 13(2) of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971 by directing the …
The petitioner, Arunashree, who operated a dispensary on the ground floor of a slum‑declared structure, sought a permanent alternate accommodation (PAA) on the ground floor after being allotted a commercial shop on the second floor under a PAA agreement. She argued that her profession required a …
The appellant, Sada Anand Developers, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the respondent, Shree Balaji Realty, to purchase 5,200 sq. m of Transferable Development Rights (TDR) for Rs. 4 crore. The appellant failed to obtain the required Development Rights Certificate (DRC) by the …
The petitioner, Chhaya Kashinath Shinde, challenged the order rejecting her appeal against an eviction under Section 3E of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971, alleging that no sale, gift, lease or other transfer of her allotted rehabilitation flat had …
The petitioners, a husband and wife, were allotted flats under a slum rehabilitation scheme but later received notices directing them to vacate, on the ground that their eligibility was unsatisfactory. They had previously been declared eligible in Annexure‑II and had taken possession of the flats …
Gurunanak Romell LLP, a developer under a Slum Rehabilitation Scheme, challenged an order dated 29 December 2023 by the Additional Collector (ENC/REM) and the Appellate Authority that included certain persons in Annexure‑II of a cooperative housing society. The petitioner argued that the appellate …
Gurunanak Romell LLP, a developer under a Slum Rehabilitation Scheme, challenged an order dated 29 December 2023 by the Additional Collector (ENC/REM) and the Appellate Authority that included certain respondents in Annexure‑II of the scheme. The petitioner argued that the appellate authority lacked …
The Bombay High Court initiated suo motu proceedings pursuant to the Supreme Court's direction in Yash Developers v. Harihar Krupa Co-operative Housing Society Ltd. to conduct a performance audit of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971. The Court heard the …
The petitioner, Dr. Dinesh Kapil Tripathi, alleged that the original allottee and Mr. Jaiswal cheated him in a transaction concerning a slum‑rehabilitation premises. The Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) issued a communication dated 7 March 2017 directing the Municipal Corporation of Greater …
The petitioner, Christopher Cyril Correia, filed a writ petition under Article 227 challenging the Apex Grievance Redressal Committee's order dismissing his appeal against an Appellate Authority decision that declared his father ineligible for the Amrapali slum rehabilitation scheme. The father had …
The petitioners, a slum rehabilitation cooperative, sought mandamus directing the State of Maharashtra and the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) to redevelop specific lands and pay transit rent owed since 2015. The Court noted the grievance stemmed from the developer's termination and non‑payment …
The petitioners, a group of eligible slum dwellers, filed a writ petition under Article 226 seeking a mandamus to halt construction of the saleable component of a slum rehabilitation scheme and to compel the developer to pay pending transit rent. The High Court, after allowing amendment, directed …
The petitioner challenged an order of the Grievance Redressal Committee that denied him a rehabilitation unit under the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971 because he had not produced any document showing possession of the premises prior to 2016. The committee …
The petitioners, eligible slum dwellers, sought writs under Article 226 to halt construction of the saleable component of a slum rehabilitation scheme and to compel payment of pending transit rent. The High Court, recalling its earlier order allowing amendment of the petition, examined the …
The petitioner, Khairunnisa Siraj Solkar, filed a writ petition under Article 226 seeking the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) to decide her application dated 28 March 2024 concerning arrears of transit rent and non‑payment of rent. The petition highlighted the inaction of the SRA's Special Cell …
The dispute concerned a 2,005‑sq‑m parcel in Malad, Mumbai, originally declared a slum and reserved as Recreational Ground under the 1991 Development Plan. Jyoti Builders (appellant) claimed that the 2015 order of the CEO‑SRA required the State Government to acquire the land under s.14(1) of the …
The Supreme Court examined a dispute over the acquisition of a 9,054‑sq‑m land in a Slum Rehabilitation (SR) Area in Mumbai, owned by Indian Cork Mills Private Limited (ICM) but claimed by the Tarabai Nagar Co‑op. Housing Society. The Court considered whether the owner has a preferential right to …
The Supreme Court examined the validity of the acquisition of a 1,596.40 sq. m. parcel of land owned by the Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount (a public trust) under the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971. The High Court had set aside a public notice and an …
The Supreme Court examined the status of Zudpi Jungle lands in six districts of Maharashtra, which, although recorded as forest lands, have been used for residential, agricultural, and governmental purposes for decades. The State of Maharashtra sought to treat these lands as non‑forest to avoid the …
The appellants, who were transit camp tenants, challenged notices issued by the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) under Sections 33 and 38 of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971, seeking to evict them from a plot they claimed was a MHADA layout and …
The Supreme Court examined the termination of a development agreement between Yash Developers (appellant) and Harihar Krupa Co‑Operative Housing Society (respondent) under Section 13 of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971, which had been upheld by the …
The case concerned a slum rehabilitation project in Lower Parel, Mumbai, where a developer and a minority group of hutment dwellers (Sayunkta Sangharsh Samiti) entered into a private Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to allocate flats in towers D, E and F exclusively to the society members, …
The case concerned the rehabilitation of about 800 slum dwellers in Mumbai who owned the land through a cooperative society. Susme Builders (the appellant) and J.G. Developers (respondent No.4) each claimed to have the consent of at least 70% of the eligible slum dwellers required under the …
The appellants, residents of slums on privately owned plots in Kurla, challenged the approval of a slum rehabilitation scheme that treated their private plots together with adjoining municipal plots as a single slum area. They argued that the authorities wrongly clubbed the lands, that consent of …
Sitabai Balu Dhotre claimed ownership of a small room in Pune and sued Laxmi Ram Pawar for possession, alleging Pawar was a trespasser. Pawar argued the room lay in a slum area declared under the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971 and that any eviction suit …
The appellant, a developer, sought a No‑Objection Certificate (NOC) for a composite slum‑rehabilitation scheme covering two plots, one of which (Plot 559) was reserved for recreational use. The Slum Rehabilitation Authority rejected her application, stating it was deficient and that Annexure‑II for …
Parag Construction and other appellants bought land in Borivali (Final Plots 22A, 228 and 22C) at a court auction in 1981 and later challenged the acquisition of that land by the arbitrator under the Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act, 1966, arguing that they were not given notice and therefore …
