This category focuses on legal frameworks governing urban planning, land use, development authorities, and regulatory control over growth and infrastructure.
Articles in this section draw from my experience in real estate and public law matters. I cover development permissions, planning norms, land use change, authority actions, enforcement issues, and judicial scrutiny of development-related decisions.
Click here to download PDF File of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973 THE UTTAR PRADESH URBAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT, 1973 (As amended till date) (President’s Act No. 11 of 1973) An Act to provide for the development of certain areas of Uttar Pradesh according to plan and for matters ancillary … Read more
Introduction Delhi Development Authority (hereinafter DDA) is controlled by the Ministry of Urban Development. The DDA was established in 1957 by an Act of Parliament to promote and secure a planned spatial development of Delhi. Its mandate is primarily to acquire land for the development of new areas and to hand over the same to … Read more
Introduction 1. Due to rising population clusters of large apartment buildings through Group Housing are developing in U.P. To regulate the construction of such Group Housing and apartments therein, help of mainly three legislations are taken which is U.P. Apartment (Promotiion of Construction, Ownership & maintenance) Act, 2010, Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973 and … Read more
The Full Copy of the Ordinance Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Ordinance, 2020 can be downloaded by clicking here The President of India on 28th October, 2020 promulgated an ordinance called Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Ordinance, 2020 whereby the Government … Read more
Environment Protection & Sustainability The issue of environment protection and sustainable development has time and again been raised at not only national level, but also international platforms. The negative outcomes of economic development, industrialization and urbanization on the environment has pressed upon the need for adoption of durable development. The Environment Protection Act, 1986 of … Read more
The Development Authorities in Uttar Pradesh have no power to compound illegal constructions. Compounding of offence meaning: Compounding of offence is a process whereby the person/entity committing default will file an application to the compounding authority accepting that it has committed an offence and so that same should be condoned. Making illegal and unauthorized constructions … Read more