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Bombay HC Dismisses Housing Society’s Plea on Andheri Plot

MUMBAI: Recently, the Bombay High Court ruled that if a cooperative housing society is mistakenly allocated less land in a deemed conveyance than it is legally entitled to, such an order by a deputy registrar would not allow a neighboring society to claim the excess land. The HC dismissed a petition from a society in Mumbai’s suburbs, stating that “this court cannot support the petitioner’s effort to seize the land” designated for another society. Justice Sandeep Marne of the HC clarified that a deemed conveyance certificate is not an absolute endorsement of rights over the conveyed land. The court permitted…

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No delay in conveyance due to future TDR use: Bombay HC

MUMBAI: Last week, the Bombay High Court provided relief to three Vile Parle housing societies comprising ten buildings constructed in the 1970s and two from November 1990. The court upheld the deputy registrar’s authority to unilaterally grant deemed conveyance of land along with the buildings, ruling that future FSI potential concerning portions of land designated for public amenities should not hinder the process. In a ruling on June 18, Justice Sandeep Marne stated, “The conveyance of the land intended for the societies cannot be postponed until the municipal corporation acquires the land and compensates the petitioner.” Justice Marne expressed skepticism…