Supreme Court reviews Karnataka Premium Floor Area Ratio scheme

…under the scheme goes into a dedicated fund for civic infrastructure. SC cites Gurugram, Greater Noida The bench questioned whether infrastructure was being expanded alongside increased construction. CJI Kant said, " There is no visible improvement or addition to the infrastructure, basic infrastructure of the township. It's not that new roads have been constructed, new sewer lines have been provided, new bus flyovers have been multiplied, or all these things. "We have seen in Gurugram how this system collapses if any natural calamity comes. Because, without adding to this infrastructure, you are burdening the size of the plot with multiple storeys." He said Greater Noida…

…the High Court. This point has been ignored in the judgment," the counsel said. Mehta told the bench that no unauthorised construction governed by the Akrama-Sakrama scheme would be regularised under the new scheme. " It has nothing to do with that. Kindly record my statement. It is completely different. You can also pass directions to this effect, " Mehta said. He added that urban space was limited and that vertical growth was the only way out, as cities were increasingly developing upwards. Karnataka High Court had upheld Premium FAR scheme On June 15, the…