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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.

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.

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.