The Supreme Court of India has disposed of a long-standing appeal involving a major slum redevelopment project in Malad, Mumbai. The Bench, comprising Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice K.V. Viswanathan, ruled that the state’s power to acquire land for slum rehabilitation is not absolute and must respect the “preferential right” of the original landowner to…
Supreme Court Upholds Landowner Primacy and Green Space Protection in Mumbai Slum Row
Amit Sharma
Amit Sharma is the Content Editor at JurisHour. He has been writing about the Indian legal market. He has covered tax & company litigation stories from the Supreme Court, High Courts and Various Tribunals. Amit graduated from MLSU Law College with B.A.LL.B. and also holds an LL.M. from MLSU, Udaipur, Rajasthan. An Advocate in Taxation, and practised in Tribunals as well as Rajasthan High Court and pursued Masters in Constitutional Law. He started out small with little resources but a big plan to take tax legal education to the remotest locations across India and eventually to the world. His vision is to make tax related legal developments accessible to the masses.
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