REALESTATE LAWS APPLICABLE TO MAHARASHTRA

REALESTATE LAWS APPLICABLE TO MAHARASHTRA

1.       LAND TRANSCTIONS CONTRACTS

a.       The Indian Contracts Act, 1872.

b.      The Transfer of Property Act, 1882.

c.       Indian Easement Act 1872

d.      Specific Relief Act 1963

e.      Power of Attorney Act 1882

f.        Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

2.       LAND LAWS

a.       Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966.

b.      The Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural lands Act, 1948.

c.       The Maharashtra Land Ceiling (Agricultural) Act, 1961.

d.      Urban Land Ceiling Act, 1976 (Since Repealed).

e.      The Maharashtra Restoration of Lands to Schedule Tribes Act 1974.

f.        Various Inam Abolition Acts.

3.       DEVELOPMENTAL PERMISSION & BUILDING PERMISSION

a.       Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act, 1966.

b.      Bombay Metropolitan Development Act, 1974.

c.       Slum Regulations Act,1971

d.      DCR

e.      The Architects Act, 1972.

f.        Gunthevari   Development (Regularisation)Act, 2001.

g.       CIDCO- NaviMumbai, Vasai-Virar and designated areas.

h.      The Bombay Municipal Corporation Act, 1888.

i.         The Provincial Municipal Corporation Act 1949.

j.        The Bombay Village Panchayat Act,1958.

4.       REGULATORY LAWS

a.       The Environmental Protection Act, 1986.

b.      Airports Authority of India Act, 1974.

c.       PWD Act 1961.

d.      Highways Act

e.      National Building Code 2005

5.       STAMP DUTY AND REGISTRATION

a.       The Bombay Stamp Act, 1958.

b.      The Registration Act, 1908.

6.       PERSONAL LAWS

a.       The Hindu Succession Act, 1956.

b.      The Indian Succession Act,1925

c.       Mohammeden laws.

d.      Parsi Succession Act.

7.       FLATS AND APARTMENTS

a.       MOFA 1963

b.      Apartments Act 1970

8.       CO-OP.HSG SOCIETY

a.       The Maharashtra Co-op. Societies Act,1961

b.      Co-op.Hsg. Society Bye laws 2001.

9.       EQUITY AND PENAL LAWS

a.       The Consumer Protection Act, 1986.

b.      Indian Penal Code,1860

c.       Civil Procedure Code, 1908.

10.   TAXING LAWS

a.       The Income Tax Act.1961.

b.      Sales Tax

c.       Service tax.

11.   OTHER ACTS

a.       The Bombay Port Trust Act

b.      The Bombay Trust Act, 1952.