Fire safety no less vital if building not highrise: Bombay HC
A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Kamal Khata said, “Such a submission, if made, would be thoroughly irresponsible in a city like Mumbai.”
A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Kamal Khata said, “Such a submission, if made, would be thoroughly irresponsible in a city like Mumbai.”
The registration number hit a record in 2023, beating the previous high of 1,22,035 units in the previous year, real estate consultant Knight Frank India data showed.
A footnote in the bill cited the Court had held three rules of the Capital Valuation rules as invalid and also stated that the bills were being issued as a security/adhoc basis and that the civic body reserved the right to reassess the properties with retrospective effect and collect tax accordingly after announcement of a revised policy on assessment.
Show-cause notices were served to 603 construction sites and notices were issued to a total of 2,955 constructions for not following the guidelines during this period, it said in a release.
"This limited right of a tenant cannot be expanded to eclipse- indeed, obliterate-the full rights of a property owner willing to undertake re-development," said the HC.
If construction sites fail to follow the norms the BMC issued last month, the squads first issue stop-work notices with the directive to promptly toe the line, but work at some of these sites have continued without so much as a pause.
A January 14, 2021, government resolution (GR) offered a 50% rebate on additional FSI, applicable for ongoing and new projects, provided the premium was paid till December 31, 2021.
Originally meant to be a fully residential building, the space saw commercial shops being constructed in the basement area spread across over 3,0000 sq feet.
The BMC communication covers contractors and real estate firms in the P North civic ward in western Mumbai, mainly suburb of Malad, as the civic body seek to improve Mumbai's Air Quality Index (AQI).
In a stop-work notice issued to Prestige City in Mulund (W), the T ward office said a flying squad appointed for air pollution mitigation enforcement visited the construction site and found the builder had not complied with 13 conditions.
The move comes two days after Swiss group IQAir rated Mumbai with an air quality index (AQI) of 160, making it the second most polluted city in the world on Monday, second only to China's Beijing. A score between 151-200 is classed as 'unhealthy', while a score below 100 is 'healthy'.