The Bombay High Court has ruled that cooperative housing societies in Maharashtra no longer need NOCs from the Registrar for redevelopment, declaring the authorities' role as strictly supervisory and ending a major source of bureaucratic delays and corruption.

Mumbai’s Wadhwa Group faces an FIR for ₹57 crore fraud, accused of breaching financial commitments in a stalled Goregaon housing project. The case, now with the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), stems from alleged contract violations and unfulfilled payments to Policon Realtors.