Supreme Court of India
Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co.ltd. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.
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3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.
What the Court ordered
In the result, the appeals and the writ petition are allowed but with no order as to costs.
Judgment, page 29
From the headnote
Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 19661 Development Control Regulations for Greater Bombay, 1991: c Sections 2, 22A, 29, 31, 37, 126, 15413, 32, 34, 35, 62, Paragraph 6 of Appendix VII - Voluntary surrender of lands - Roads constructed by the owners before surrendering the lands - Claim for Floor Space Index or Transferable Development Rights for the whole of the surface area of the roads - Municipal Corporation limiting it to 15% of the area relying on a circular - Held: Such changes could be made only by making suitable amendments in the law and not by an executive circular - It
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 Kukreja Construction Company & Others v. State of Maharashtra & Others
- 2023 Godrej and Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited through its Constituted Attorney & Anr. v. The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Ors
- 2019 Shree Ram Urban Infrastructure Ltd. & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.
Of those, 3 referred to
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