Word of the day: Force MajeureForce majeure is a legal term used in business contracts. It talks about sudden and uncontrollable events like war, floods, earthquakes, or...
04 Mar, 2026, 09.40 PM IST
Pakistan shelves multi-billion dollar gas pipeline project with Iran under pressure from US: ReportPakistan has reportedly put on hold a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline project to import cheap energy from its neighbour, Iran, which may ...
07 Aug, 2023, 11.52 AM IST
Supreme Court concludes West Bengal’s realty regulation WBHIRA unconstitutionalThis will pave the way for implementation of the central legislation in West Bengal, which is the only state where the central act RERA was...
04 May, 2021, 12.48 PM IST
Homebuyers' body FPCE urges BJP to include RERA implementation in West Bengal poll manifestoFPCE representatives met the BJP’s Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who is the party’s in-charge of five Lok Sabha constituencies comprising 35 as...
08 Mar, 2021, 09.17 AM IST
Housing ministry supports homebuyers' stand to repeal West Bengal HIRAThe Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has supported the petition of a pan-India homebuyers’ body to repeal the West Bengal Housing Regu...
11 Jan, 2021, 09.44 AM IST
How and when the force majeure clause can protect financial contractsThe force majeure clause includes the phrase ‘act of god’ to mean situations that are uncontrolled by human intervention and could not have...
14 Sep, 2020, 06.30 AM IST
Handholding for small units to get on trackSmall units and real estate have been the focal points of the blockbuster stimulus fineprint unveiled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharama...
14 May, 2020, 09.53 AM IST
View: Big companies should not wriggle out of contractual obligations by using the clause of force majeureTypically, these notices are served on smaller associates deemed least able to challenge them. It would be interesting to know what GoI has...
05 Apr, 2020, 11.34 PM IST
Lockdown effect: Restaurants, cinemas & retailers at malls seek zero rentals till MayThe ₹4.2 lakh crore restaurant industry, which employs over seven million people, is staring at store closures, job losses, and significant...
03 Apr, 2020, 07.48 AM IST
How coronavirus may cause legal wranglesUnlike few nations where the term is coded in civil laws, the Indian Contract Act is silent on 'force majeure'.
26 Mar, 2020, 06.10 AM IST
Apex court admits home buyers’ plea to repeal Bengal’s realty Act“There’s no presidential assent to WB HIRA and therefore is unconstitutional in view of Article 254 (2) of the constitution of India,” said...
12 Feb, 2019, 03.21 PM IST
Homebuyers’ body opposes developers’ plea to amend structural defect liabilityThe Forum for People’s Collective Efforts (FPCE), a pan-India homebuyers’ association, has objected to realty developers’ proposal to amend...
08 Jan, 2019, 03.20 PM IST
CAC members seek panel notification to persuade West Bengal to adopt RERABoth RERA and West Bengal’s HIRA differ on the definition of force majeure clause and garage.
15 Sep, 2018, 12.10 PM IST
Homebuyers' body FPCE seeks PM, President's intervention on RERA redundancyFPCE requests President not to give assent to West Bengal’s separate state-level legislation Housing & Industrial Regulation Act, 2017 (HIR...
19 Jul, 2018, 03.09 PM IST
Can HIRA and RERA co-exist? Government to decideUnder RERA, force majeure clause can be invoked only in case of war, draught, floods, earthquake, fire or any other natural calamity affect...
16 Jul, 2018, 09.05 AM IST
Government brings in new norms on solar power procurementThese guidelines, prepared by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), cover the grid-connected solar PV power projects with a size...
22 Aug, 2017, 08.08 PM IST
Bihar Central schools cancel X home centre exams for question leakChauhan said it was suspected that some coaching institute had leaked the questions for the exam which was scheduled to end tomorrow.
25 Mar, 2015, 11.05 PM IST