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MLRC Amendments 2025: Land Conversion And NA Permission Simplified In Maharashtra (Video)

Maharashtra's 2025 amendments to the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code introduce a transformative change in land conversion procedures by eliminating the requirement for separate...

India Real Estate

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Can You Patent A New Way To Treat Crop Disease In India, Or Will Section 3(h) Shut The Door?

In India, not every farming-related method is barred by Section 3(h) of the Patents Act. Courts have drawn a line between routine "methods of agriculture or horticulture"...

MC

MAHESHWARI & CO. Advocates & Legal Consultants

Sanad / Non-Agricultural Permission No Longer Required For Permissible Non-Agricultural Use

In a significant step towards improving ease of doing business, the Government of Maharashtra (GoM) has rationalised the framework governing conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use under the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 (MLRC).

India Real Estate

KC

Khaitan & Co LLP

Unequal Acres: The Supreme Court's Constitutional Call On Compensation Under The National Highways Act, 1956

The law of land acquisition has long stood at the intersection of State-driven development and constitutionally protected property rights.

India Real Estate

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Plant Variety Protection And Farmers' Rights: A Contemporary Perspective

India Real Estate

SR

S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates

Supreme Court Clarifies Singur Land Return: Industrial Units Cannot Claim Relief Reserved For Displaced Farmers

India Real Estate

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Modern Agriculture Rooted In Traditional Income-tax Law

LS

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Exemption Of Ceiling Limits Under The ULC Act On Land Acquired From Government Bodies

India Government

KC

Khaitan & Co LLP

Seed Wars: Indian Court Protects Breeders' Registered Maize Variety

OA

Obhan Mason

A Sale Deed Is Not A Document Issued By A Revenue Authority Or Any Government Authority Which Would Certify The Agricultural Nature Of The Land

MM

M Mulla Associates

Budget 2025 – Comprehensive Reforms Sowing The Seeds For Agriculture Advancement And Holistic Rural Growth

India Real Estate

EY

Ernst & Young

Are Plant Treatments To Be Treated As Agriculture?: Indian Courts Clarify

OA

Obhan Mason

Towards One Nation, One Market: The Impact Of State Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act Reforms On E-NAM And The Digital Transformation Of Agri-Markets

India Real Estate

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Zinc Sulphate (Agriculture Grade) Is A Fertilizer – Sulphuric Acid For Manufacture Of Said Item Is Eligible For Exemption

LS

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

ANI v. OpenAI: Where Will The Court Draw The Line?

India Technology

DL

DSK Legal

RBI’s 2026 Digital Banking And Governance Overhaul: Key Action Points For Banks And NBFCs

LP

Legitpro Law

How Smart Business Foundations Support Sustainable Growth?

India Commercial

MH

Mansukhlal Hiralal & Co.

From Draft To Reality: Key Changes In India's DPDP Rules 2025

DD

Dhir & Dhir Associates

India’s Online Gaming Reset: Decoding Proga And The 2026 Rules

India Media & IT

KS

King, Stubb & Kasiva

Land Acquisition Act Update | TDS To Be Exempted For Compensation Paid Under Land Acquisition Act 2013

Bombay High Court (Court), in the recent matter of Bombay Real Estate Development Company versus Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and Others has held that under the Right...

India Real Estate

MH

Mansukhlal Hiralal & Co.

WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE 13 – 1st March 2024 – ROUND UP

All-night talks failed to reach a breakthrough...

India International

Es

Economic Laws Practice

Interpreting Section 3(H) Of The Patents Act, 1970

Understanding the limits of patentability is vital as innovation continues to change the world. The non-patentable categories of innovations are specified in Section 3 of the Patents Act,1970...

DP

De Penning & De Penning

Update: ULC Premium To Be Imposed Only On Surplus Vacant Land And Not Land Held Within Ceiling Limits

In our previous article titled "ULC premium to be imposed only on surplus vacant land and not land held within ceiling limits", we examined a judgment passed by the Hon'ble Bombay High Court on 30th March, 2023...

India Real Estate

DV

Dhaval Vussonji & Associates

Premium Application: Surplus Vacant Land Under The Urban Land (Ceiling And Regulation) Act, 1976

India Real Estate

SA

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

Patent Of Method Of Treating A Plant – Interpretation Of Section 3(h)

LS

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Leasing Of Agricultural Land: Pandora's Box

India Real Estate

SP

Stratage Law Partners

India's proposed Green Credit Programme

India Environment

SA

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

Protection Of New Varieties Of Plants And The Rights Of Plant Breeders In Japan

India Real Estate

Ka

Khurana and Khurana

Protection Of New Varieties Of Plants And The Rights Of Plant Breeders In Japan (Overview Of The Seeds And Seedling Act)

India Real Estate

Ka

Khurana and Khurana

Restricting The Sale Of Agricultural Land Under The Goa Restrictions On Transfer Of Agricultural Land Act, 2023

India Real Estate

HA

HSA Advocates

How Carbon Trading Can Benefit The Agriculture Sector

India Environment

SA

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

Legal Assessment Of Agriphotovoltaics (AgriPV) In Maharashtra And Karnataka, India

India Real Estate

BA

BTG Advaya

Granting Geographical Indication Tag To ‘Temple Prasadam': Violation Of The Law Of Land? (Part II)

India Real Estate

Ka

Khurana and Khurana

Restricting The Sale Of Agricultural Land Under The Goa Restrictions On Transfer Of Agricultural Land Act, 2023

The Goa Legislative Assembly recently passed the Goa Restriction on Transfer of Agricultural Land Bill, 2023 with the aim of protecting agricultural land from being acquired for commercial...

India Real Estate

HA

HSA Advocates

How Carbon Trading Can Benefit The Agriculture Sector

The Union Ministry of Power has notified the implementation of the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Act, 2022, from January 1.

India Environment

SA

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

Legal Assessment Of Agriphotovoltaics (AgriPV) In Maharashtra And Karnataka, India

BTG Legal was commissioned by Indo-German Energy Forum Support Office (IGEF-SO) [c/o Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmBH] to...

India Real Estate

BA

BTG Advaya

Granting Geographical Indication Tag To ‘Temple Prasadam': Violation Of The Law Of Land? (Part II)

Just two weeks after the laddu was granted GI Tag, in October 2009, J Mohanraj, then General Secretary of Jebamani Janata Party filed a PIL in the Madras High Court defining the act as exemplary...

India Real Estate

Ka

Khurana and Khurana

India's Agricultural Reforms Must Place Farmers Above Political Interests

India Real Estate

DA

Dua Associates

The State Of Maharashtra Imposes One Time Premium For Regularizing Exemption Orders Granted Under Section 20 Of The Urban Land (Ceiling And Regulation) Act, 1976 (Now Repealed).

The Supreme Court of India, vide its Order dated 2nd July 2019, in the matter of Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry, through Chief Manager Finance Mr. Chandra Prakash Goyal & Ors. vs. The State of Maharashtra, ...

India Real Estate

DV

Dhaval Vussonji & Associates

The Navara Rice Controversy

In India, Agriculture is the highest revenue generator for India's economic system. The farmers have been given special position in society through farmer's card under the farmers' rights act.

Ka

Khurana and Khurana

Supreme Court Decides The Fate Of Landholders Affected By The ULC Exemption Orders:

The Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 was enacted to prevent concentration of urban properties in the hands of a few and to ensure equitable distribution / utilization of urban vacant lands.

India Real Estate

KC

Khaitan & Co LLP

Pepsico vs Farmers ( A Case of Misplaced Priorities or Possibility Of Laying Down A News Precedent?)

The law in India, however, is unique as it protects the rights of the farmers as well as, the breeders.

India Commercial

Ka

Khurana and Khurana

The Great Indian Budget Summarised (Modi – Led BJP Government's Interim Budget 2019)

Ka

Khurana and Khurana

The GI Tag List Additions!

RK

R. K. Dewan & Co

SPECIFIC RELIEF ACT, 1963 - Developer Can Avail Remedy Of Specific Performance With Respect To "Development Agreement"

India Real Estate

A

AMLEGALS

Land Acquisition By MORTH Under National Highways Act

India Real Estate

SO

S&A Law Offices

National Green Tribunal Order On Environmental Clearances For Real Estate Projects

India Real Estate

DV

Dhaval Vussonji & Associates

Bar On Creation Of Security Interest On Agricultural Land Is Not Absolute – Supreme Court On Sarfaesi

MM

M Mulla Associates

Indian Dairy Industry – The Quest To Grab A Share Of The Consumer's Monthly Basket

NP

Nexdigm Private Limited

Madurkathi Of West Bengal Gets A Geographical Indication (GI) Tag

India Real Estate

SR

S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates

Bihar earns 3 GI Tags For Agricultural Products - Katarni Rice, Zardalu Mango And Magahi Paan

India Real Estate

SR

S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates

Madhya Pradesh Loses GI Tag, Fails To Join Basmati League

India Healthcare

SR

S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates

Legal Framework Governing Organic Food In India

India Healthcare

SR

S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates

Real Estate Flash - February 2018

India Real Estate

P

PSA

Banaganapalle Mangoes Gets A Geographical Indication (GI) Tag

India Real Estate

SR

S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates

Plant Varieties Law In India- Everything You Must Know

India Real Estate

VA

Vaish Associates Advocates

Supreme Court Rules That HUF Properties Are Presumed Joint Property, Unless Proved To Be Self-Acquired

India Litigation

SR

S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates

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