Chandigarh: In a major setback to Bollywood producer and director Subhash Ghai, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday ordered quashing of allotment of 20 acres of village common land in Haryana to him for for his production company Mukta Arts.
The court has further ordered that the land be handed back to villagers.
Earlier in May 2012 the Punjab and Haryana High Court had stayed the execution of the sale deed of land purchased by Ghai's Mukta Arts in Badhsa village of Jhajjar district in Haryana.
The orders were issued by the High Court after taking cognizance of a petition alleging favoritism by the Haryana government in granting permission to sell 20 acres of shamlat (common land)....
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01:51 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Chandigarh: The Opposition Indian National Lok Dal in Haryana has pounced upon the opportunity to hit out at the Congress government following a stay on the execution of a sale deed of land purchased by Subhash Ghais Mukta Arts in Badhsa village of Jhajjar district in Haryana. The stay was ordered by the Punjab and Haryana High Court dealing another blow to Bollywood producer-director Subhash Ghai. INLDs Ashok Arora alleged...
07:12 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: In a setback to Bollywood filmmaker Subhash Ghai, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed the allotment of 20 acres of panchayat land in Jhajjar district to Ghai's firm Mukta Arts and film school Whistling woods. Ghai was planning to set up a film institute on the plot. But his plans ran into trouble when villagers from Badhsa filed a PIL challenging the allotment. Ghai suffered a...
11:56 AM, May 29, 2012
Mumbai: Lamenting the degradation of poetry and story in Bollywood films, eminent filmmaker Subhash Ghai has said it is one of the primary reasons he has stopped making movies. "It is true that Mukta Arts does not make movies of late because there are no good scripts. But, it is only 70 per cent of the reason. I am busy with my film institute and that takes up all the...
11:54 AM, Mar 12, 2012
Badhsa, Haryana: A court in Haryana has stayed Bollywood filmmaker Subhash Ghai's Mukta Arts from performing any type of activity on the 20 acres of land it purchased from the Gram Panchayat of Badhsa village in Jhajjar district. Hearing a plea filed by ex-sarpanches of Badhsa Balbir Singh and Rambir Singh, Additional Civil Judge Rajesh Sharma issued notice to the Haryana government and Mukta Arts chairman Subhash Ghai. The petitioners...
03:32 PM, Feb 24, 2012
Mumbai: In a setback for Congress leader Vilasrao Deshmukh, the Mumbai High court has ordered that the land given to Subhash Ghai's Mukta Arts in 2006 be taken back. The court has also asked Ghai to pay Rs 5.3 crore annually from 2000, from the time Mukta Arts entered into a joint venture with the state government. Deshmukh was the Maharashtra Chief Minister during the time when the land allotment...
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