#WeeklyNewsRoundup: May Send You To Jail, SC Warns Amrapali CMD

The Supreme Court on February 14 grilled Amrapali Group Chairman and Managing Director Anil Kumar Sharma for keeping Rs 94 crore of homebuyers' money in his bank account. The top court also warned him that he would be sent to jail for his reluctance in disclosing the identity of the person, who had bought company's shares worth Rs 140 crore from the multi-national firm JP Morgan.

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The Uttar Pradesh government is likely to launch a land polling policy for future development works that would replace the current land acquisition methods. Once the policy is launched, development bodies in cities such as Lucknow, Ghaziabad, Kanpur and Allahabad would acquire land through the land-polling method.

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The Supreme Court has admitted a plea that has challenged the Constitutional validity of the West Bengal Housing & Industrial Regulation Act, 2017 (HIRA). The West Bengal government has been ordered to file its response on the petition, which has been filed by a group of homebuyers, within 15 days.

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Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has said that a comprehensive master plan would be formulated to convert Hyderabad into a truly global city. The Administrative Staff College of India would formulate the plan in consultation with a team of national and international experts, keeping in view the future needs of the city, Rao said.    

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The Noida Authority now plans to extend its door-to-door garbage collection service to 12 more sectors in the city, starting February 16. The service, which was launched in January, will now be provided to the industrial areas of sectors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 16A. 

Source: Media reports