Maharashtra Slum Act | 'Censused Slums' Also 'Slums', No Separate Notification Needed For Redevelopment : Supreme Court
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Maharashtra Slum Act | 'Censused Slums' Also 'Slums', No Separate Notification Needed For Redevelopment : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently observed that once a slum area is declared as 'censused slum' i.e., the slums located on land belonging to government or municipal undertaking, than such slums are automatically eligible for redevelopment under the Slum Act without the need for a separate notification under the Maharashtra Slum Areas Act, 1971. In other words, a censused slum is also a slum as per Regulation 33 DCR and a separate notification under section 4 of the Slum Act is not required.”, the court observed. However, since censused slums are already documented and recognized under the Development Control Regulations framed under the Slum Act, requiring a separate notification under Section 4 would be redundant and unnecessary, the court said. Affirming the Bombay High Court's decision to dismiss the Appellants plea, the judgment authored by Justice Dhulia observed that once the MHADA had granted the NOC for re-development of the Slum Area, then it would be unjustified on the Appellants part to resist redevelopment by the SRA arguing that the slum area should be redeveloped by the MHADA and not the SRA under the Slum Act.

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Slum dwellers stage protest, demand a dedicated department, ₹5,000 crore allocation
1 month ago

Slum dwellers stage protest, demand a dedicated department, ₹5,000 crore allocation

The Hindu  

Slum residents from across Karnataka staged a day-long protest, under the banner of Slum Janandolana Karnataka, at Freedom Park on Monday demanding the establishment of a dedicated department for slum development and an allocation of ₹5,000 crore in the upcoming State Budget. They demanded the withdrawal of a circular issued by the Karnataka Housing Department in September 2023, which mandates …

Slum Rehabilitation Scheme Not To Be Seen As Real Estate Development Project, It's Linked To Right To Life: Supreme Court
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Slum Rehabilitation Scheme Not To Be Seen As Real Estate Development Project, It's Linked To Right To Life: Supreme Court

Live Law  

A Supreme Court bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Aravind Kumar has held slum rehabilitation scheme cannot be viewed as a real estate development project because “there is a public purpose involved, and that is inextricably connected to the right to life of some of our brothers and sister citizens who are living in pathetic conditions”. The Supreme Court has …

Slum Rehabilitation Laws Being Misused To Further Interests Of "Haves"; Vicious Nexus : Bombay High Court CJ
3 years ago

Slum Rehabilitation Laws Being Misused To Further Interests Of "Haves"; Vicious Nexus : Bombay High Court CJ

Live Law  

Chief Justice Dipankar Datta of the Bombay High Court, in a three page separately penned portion of the judgement in a suo motu PIL, has expressed concerns about a "vicious nexus" of builders and bureaucrats misusing the slum rehabilitation laws. In his judgement,CJ Dutta has invoked Alice in Wonderland, a famous song from a 1956 Hindi movie, and the falling …

BJP MP files PIL in Bombay HC asking for scalping discrimination in slum rehabilitation scheme
3 years, 2 months ago

BJP MP files PIL in Bombay HC asking for scalping discrimination in slum rehabilitation scheme

India Today  

The Bombay High Court has sought replies from the Maharashtra government and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation in a public interest litigation filed by BJP MP Gopal Shetty, challenging the constitutional validity of a provision of the Slum Act that grants no benefit to first, loft or mezzanine floor inhabitants of slums in Mumbai. The PIL filed by Shetty, a BJP MP …

Slum Redevelopment- Brief Overview
5 years ago

Slum Redevelopment- Brief Overview

Live Law  

As per a 2011 study, 62% of Mumbai's population lives in slums. Under the Slum Act, the 'Slum Rehabilitation Authority' was formed in the year 1995 which comprised of a Chairperson being the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra and a Chief Executive Officer of the Authority being a super time scale IAS Officer along with other members being Ministers, elected …

Maharashtra Assembly amends Slum Areas Act: Bill dilutes redevelopment plan, smacks of discrimination
7 years, 3 months ago

Maharashtra Assembly amends Slum Areas Act: Bill dilutes redevelopment plan, smacks of discrimination

Firstpost  

While there is an urgent need to improve living conditions in slums and assist its dwellers with rebates under PMAY, the new Act smacks of discrimination. In cities like Mumbai and its surrounding metropolitan region, new ones have mushroomed, with some even being put up as recently as six months ago along the boundary wall of the Slum Rehabilitation Authority …

Maharashtra govt plans to give more power to SRA for slum-free state
9 years, 10 months ago

Maharashtra govt plans to give more power to SRA for slum-free state

Hindustan Times  

With a view to make Maharashtra slum-free by 2022, the state government has proposed amendments to the Maharashtra Slum Areas Act that will give more teeth to the Slum Rehabilitation Authority to ensure stringent implementation of the scheme. An-aerial-view-of-Dharavi-slums-in-Mumbai-HT-file-photo "The government has proposed certain amendments to the Maharashtra Slum Areas Act, 1971 to introduce stricter provisions and fix time frames. …

Cong decision to protect Mumbai slums is votebank politics: Experts
11 years ago

Cong decision to protect Mumbai slums is votebank politics: Experts

Firstpost  

A day after the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly passed an amendment to the law thereby regularising or extending protection from demolition to all shanty colonies built before January 1, 2000, experts including urban planners, former bureaucrats and activists have called it a ‘political gimmick’ and a poor long-term solution to the housing problem in the financial capital. Experts said the government …

Ahead-of-elections, Maharashtra govt legalises slum transfer
11 years, 1 month ago

Ahead-of-elections, Maharashtra govt legalises slum transfer

India TV News  

Mumbai: Apparently eyeing the elections, Maharashtra government yesterday announced “slum transfer policy” which makes the present occupant of a house in a slum the beneficiary of the redevelopment scheme. Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan made these announcements in both Houses of the State Legislature here.The slum transfer policy would ensure that any structure that has come up prior to January 1, …

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