#RealtyNewsRoundUp: No Further Constructions In Delhi’s Unauthorised Colonies, Rules SC

The Supreme Court on April 24 prohibited any further construction not in conformity with the building bye-laws in 1,797 unauthorised colonies in Delhi. The top court also questioned the authorities' intent in regularising such structures — on the same day, the Delhi High Court reprimanded the Delhi government for regularising illegal structures, saying such a move would result in creating a "time bomb". While observing that there cannot be any area in Delhi where there was no "rule of law", the SC directed the Centre to immediately set up a special task force to oversee enforcement of laws, and asked it to remove encroachments from public places and streets.

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The President Donald trump-led US government is planning to end giving work permits to the spouses of H1-B visa holders that allows them to work legally in that country ─ a move that could have a devastating impact on tens of thousands of Indians. H-4 visas are issued to the spouse of H-1B visa holders, a significantly large number of whom are high-skilled professionals from India. They had obtained work permits under a special order issued by the previous Obama administration. ***

To make sure that the Jewar Airport does not miss any deadlines, the Gautam Buddha District Administration has decided to buy land for the project directly from the farmers. This means the 2013 Land Acquisition Act would not be invoked for that purpose. The land that has to be acquired for the project in Uttar Pradesh’s Jewar is spread across 39 villages. The government is planning to offers farmers Rs 1,895 per square foot for acquiring their land, an amount that they might need to revise later as prices of land in the region have gone substantially up in the past decade.

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The co-operative housing societies in Mumbai that are built on government land will now have to pay half the amount they paid earlier as lease rent. Under a decision taken by the Maharashtra Cabinet recently, individuals who have built homes on government plots measuring less than 500 square metre would also see a similar reduction in their lease rent.

Source: Media reports