Nusli Wadia, Chairman of the Wadia Group, and the Aditya Birla Group have settled their lengthy legal dispute. Aditya Birla Group subsidiary Century Textiles and Industries bought a 10-acre leasehold property tract in Worli, Mumbai, from the Wadia family for ₹1,100 crore.

Real estate professionals are concerned about GST on leasehold land transactions. As authorities send GST notifications on stamp duty-exempt transactions, are these transfers sales or services? This may hurt developers, companies, and homebuyers financially.

Mumbai: Leasehold housing societies can now convert to freehold for a fraction of the Ready Reckoner (RR) fee. The state has granted leasehold housing societies this concession, analogous to collector's land (class 2 occupation).

The Bombay High Court held that the state deserves a fair return on its land in a landmark decision. Justices B P Colabawalla and Somasekhar Sundaresan stressed that leasing rates need not be cheap if they fail to cover inflation, administration fees, and escalation.

Terravista Developers, an Adani Group affiliate, bought a 25-acre land in Haveli, Pune, to expand its data centre infrastructure. Leasehold rights from Finolex Industries enabled this Rs 471 crore ($56.6 million) investment.

Crompton Greaves, CG Power & Industrial Solutions, and K Raheja Corp. are redeveloping CG House, its headquarters in affluent Worli. Over an acre of leasehold land is used for electricity production, transmission, distribution and rail transportation.

Pfizer sold Vidhi Research & Development LLP its rights to a 54-acre land block and its facility in the Trans Thane Creek industrial Area (TTCIA) in Mumbai for over INR 207 crore, including differential premium to the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC).