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Does breaching the redevelopment GR automatically disqualify the committee? Bombay HC in Harish Arora v. Deputy Registrar (2025), decoded
पुनर्विकास शासन निर्णयाचा भंग झाल्यास समिती आपोआप अपात्र ठरते का? Harish Arora v. Deputy Registrar (2025) मधील मुंबई उच्च न्यायालयाचा निकाल
Bombay High Court·Writ Petition No. 3433 of 2025; 2025:BHC-AS:22586·9 Jun 2025
Your committee pushed redevelopment forward, the general body passed the resolutions, and now a member's complaint has reached the Deputy Registrar. The allegation: the process did not follow the…
Read the updateCan a society expel a member on a 30-day notice? Bombay High Court in Aderabad CHS, decoded
सोसायटी 30 दिवसांच्या नोटिसीवर सभासदाची हकालपट्टी करू शकते का? Aderabad CHS प्रकरणातील Bombay High Court चा निकाल सोप्या भाषेत
Bombay High Court·Aderabad Co-operative Housing Society v. Div. Jt. Registrar, Co-operative Societies (Bom HC, Roshan Dalvi J.) — Indian Kanoon doc 452289; case number not printe·31 Jul 2007
Your committee has had enough of a member. The general body agrees, the expulsion resolution is carried without a single dissent, and everyone assumes the matter is closed. Then the notice that…
Read the updateCan the Registrar refuse your society a recovery certificate for maintenance arrears? Bombay High Court in Legacy CHS, decoded
नोंदणी अधिकारी तुमच्या सोसायटीला देखभाल थकबाकीसाठी वसुली प्रमाणपत्र देण्यास नकार देऊ शकतो का? Legacy CHS प्रकरणातील Bombay High Court चा निर्णय, सोप्या भाषेत
Bombay High Court·Writ Petition No. 2221 of 2024; 2024:BHC-AS:13593·19 Mar 2024
A small society's committee has watched maintenance dues pile up against one flat for years. At last the committee applies to the Registrar for a recovery certificate, and the Deputy Registrar turns…
Read the updateCan a builder's agreement delay deemed conveyance until the whole project is finished? Bombay High Court in Neelkanth Heights, decoded
बिल्डरच्या करारामुळे संपूर्ण प्रकल्प पूर्ण होईपर्यंत मानीव अभिहस्तांतरण लांबवता येते का? Neelkanth Heights प्रकरणात Bombay High Court चा निकाल उलगडून
Bombay High Court·Writ Petition No. 165 of 2025 · 2025:BHC-AS:21346·9 May 2025
Your building has stood for years and your society is registered, yet the promoter still holds the land. When the committee asks for the conveyance, it is told to wait until the later phases are…
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Does a society need a general-body resolution before levying non-occupancy charges? Bombay HC in Rangnekar v. Rahul Apartment CHS, decoded
बिगर-वापर (non-occupancy) आकार लावण्यापूर्वी सोसायटीला सर्वसाधारण सभेचा ठराव लागतो का? Rangnekar v. Rahul Apartment CHS मधील Bombay HC चा निकाल, सोप्या भाषेत
Bombay High Court·2006(1) Mh.L.J. 734·10 Aug 2005
A member has let out her flat, or her shop, and the society's bill now carries a line for non-occupancy charges. The member disputes it, stops paying the entire bill, and the committee reaches for a…
Read the updateCan your society charge non-occupancy above 10%? Bombay High Court in Mont Blanc CHS v. State of Maharashtra, decoded
तुमची सोसायटी १०% पेक्षा जास्त अनिवासी शुल्क आकारू शकते का? Bombay High Court चा Mont Blanc CHS v. State of Maharashtra निकाल उलगडला
Bombay High Court·2007(4) Mh.L.J. 595; 2007(3) AIR Bom R 59 (DB)·2 Mar 2007
Your committee is reviewing the society's non-occupancy charge, fixed years ago as a rupee rate per square foot. A member who has let out his flat objects that the figure is far above what the law…
Read the update#SayNoToMDR 👉 Act Now: D-Day 15 October – Your Society Will Pay to Collect Its Own Money
#SayNoToMDR 👉 आत्ताच कृती करा: १५ ऑक्टोबर डी-डे – स्वतःचेच पैसे गोळा करायला सोसायटीला शुल्क!
Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services·FAQs on MDR on Select UPI (P2M) Transactions·15 Sept 2026
*From 15 October, every UPI payment to your housing society may carry a 0.4% charge. Housing societies were left out of the list of exemptions. Email before 15 October.* Why this campaign: Over the…
Read the updateCan the Registrar record a member your society refuses to enrol? Bombay High Court in New India CHS, decoded
तुमची सोसायटी ज्याला सभासद करून घेण्यास नकार देते, त्याची नोंद निबंधक करू शकतात का? Bombay High Court चा New India CHS निर्णय उलगडताना
Bombay High Court·Writ Petition No. 2022 of 2015·26 Apr 2019
A final order says a person is a member of your society. The committee has not entered the name in the register, and the person has gone to the Deputy Registrar. The committee is now asking what the…
Read the updateCan a housing society refuse a buyer because of his community? Supreme Court in Zoroastrian CHS, decoded
गृहनिर्माण संस्था खरेदीदाराला त्याच्या समाजामुळे नाकारू शकते का? Zoroastrian CHS प्रकरणातील Supreme Court चा निकाल, सोप्या भाषेत
Supreme Court of India·Civil Appeal No. 1551 of 2000; (2005) 5 SCC 632; AIR 2005 SC 2306·15 Apr 2005
The transfer application is on the table. A member wants to sell his flat and share to a buyer, and half the committee is uneasy about the buyer's community. Then someone says, 'But the Supreme Court…
Read the updateNominee or legal heir — who gets the flat? Supreme Court in Indrani Wahi, decoded
नॉमिनी की कायदेशीर वारस — फ्लॅट कोणाला मिळतो? Indrani Wahi प्रकरणातील Supreme Court चा निर्णय, सोप्या भाषेत
Supreme Court of India·Civil Appeal No. 4646 of 2006·10 Mar 2016
A member of your society has died. The nominee is at the Secretary's desk with a completed application, and within the hour the member's brother is on the phone, saying the society must not transfer…
Read the updateWho gets the unused FSI after your society is registered? What the Supreme Court did and did not decide in Jayantilal Investments
संस्था नोंदणीनंतर उरलेला FSI कोणाला मिळतो? Jayantilal Investments प्रकरणात Supreme Court ने काय ठरवले आणि काय ठरवले नाही
Supreme Court of India·Civil Appeal No. 3233 of 2006; (2007) 9 SCC 220·10 Jan 2007
Your society is registered. The builder still holds a few unsold flats and has started another wing years after possession, and nobody on the committee can say who the leftover FSI belongs to. The…
Read the updateCan a builder sell stilt or open parking? Supreme Court in Nahalchand v. Panchali CHS, decoded
बिल्डर स्टिल्ट किंवा खुले पार्किंग विकू शकतो का? Nahalchand v. Panchali CHS प्रकरणात सर्वोच्च न्यायालयाचा निर्णय, सोप्या भाषेत
Supreme Court of India·Civil Appeal No. 2544 of 2010, (2010) 9 SCC 536·31 Aug 2010
The builder has kept the stilt parking for himself, sold a few of the spaces by letter to selected members, and now tells the society it has no say over them. A member waves the undertaking every…
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