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Four Delhi residents tried to make a quick buck over illegal construction — till the court stepped in
October 27, 2025 11:07 am
Over 2 weeks this month, the Delhi High Court has passed at least 4 orders imposing costs of Rs 50,000-1 lakh on petitioners trying to use the legal process for blackmail and extortion, asking for demolition of alleged illegal constructions across the city with ‘nefarious’, ‘oblique’, and ‘ulterior’ motives
‘Something fundamentally wrong’: Bombay HC slams Bhiwandi-Nizampur civic body for ‘lawlessness’, officers shielding illegal constructions
October 12, 2025 12:50 am
A division bench of Justices Girish S Kulkarni and Aarti A Sathe on October 8 was hearing a plea by one Idris Abdul Hamid Shaikh filed in 2018, who claimed to be the owner of the land in question at Temghar in Bhiwandi, which comes under the BNCMC
“Before it's too late”: HC orders Thane commissioner to survey and take actions against illegal constructions across wards
June 13, 2025 11:29 pm
‘Separate machinery’ would be required to govern TMC if illegalities persist without actions, says court
No severe deterrence against illegal constructions will lead to ‘state of anarchy’, planned development ‘distant dream’: Bombay HC
April 05, 2025 10:31 am
The Bombay High Court was hearing a plea seeking demolition of "illegal" construction in Ulhasnagar of the state’s Thane district.
Bombay HC orders Navi Mumbai civic body to conduct survey to ascertain number of illegal constructions and take action
March 27, 2025 7:23 pm
The Bombay High Court was hearing a PIL raising concerns over illegal structures, along with a contempt plea alleging non-compliance by Navi Mumbai authorities of its 2018 directives.
Supreme Court issues directives to curb illegal constructions
December 18, 2024 3:05 am
“Delay in directing rectification of illegalities, administrative failure, regulatory inefficiency, negligence and laxity on part of authorities concerned in performing their obligation(s) under the Act, can’t be used as a shield to defend action against illegal/ unauthorised constructions,” it said.
HC seeks report on status of illegal constructions in all municipalities
January 13, 2023 4:21 am
The bench directed the commissioner of municipalities to file an affidavit and also directed the official to submit a report ascertaining from all the municipalities the status of buildings that don’ thave permission from the jurisdictional municipalities.
Eviction of squatters to pave way for government high school in Bengaluru
October 05, 2021 2:27 pm
During the pandemic, the land was encroached upon by squatters who started constructing a building.
Illegal constructions by leading pvt hospitals in Pune: Survey
June 04, 2016 3:32 am
The issue of illegal construction and encroachment being done by private hospitals was raised by the elected representatives in the PMC’s general body meeting.
Illegal constructions: Three Thane corporators disqualified after probe
November 04, 2015 1:05 am
NCP’s Manohar Salvi, Shiv Sena’s Ram Egade and MNS’s Shailesh Patil were named in three different cases.
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