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  The first apartment building submitted to the Apartment Ownership Law  SCL [i] Consultative Seminar -  Topic - "Common Property Management in Apartment Buildings” Date and Time - 22nd February 2025 (Saturday) 9AM to 1 PM Venue - M.K. Damodaran Hall, High Court Premises, Ernakulam SCL Sub Committee Research and Conclusions The Society of Construction Law (Kerala) (SCL K for short) pioneered research on “Common Property Management in Apartment Buildings” in Kerala. The SCL(K) initiative sought ways to improve the legal infrastructure for condominium-type real estate property in Kerala. SCL (K) constituted a sub-committee for the study during the pandemic lockdown. The subcommittee studied the local law on apartment ownership and the hurdles in its application. The team worked remotely and came to a few interesting conclusions.   The Highlights of the Conclusions  The following are some of the highlights of the findings of the Sub Committee: a)  ...

  Dr. Shaun Murphy 'The Good Doctor (Netflix Series)' - is an autistic person About the Notebook The Notebook is the lawyer's mind and the playground of his thoughts. It is confidential, and here a case is built or destroyed.   When the pleadings are scrutinized by many, the notebook claims immunity.   Sometimes, it can critically stare at the lawyer himself, while looking back and re-reading the notes.    This is the case study of real-life characters, of late, represented as X, Y, and Z, to preserve their identity and privacy.  There is a lot of medical literature on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) [i] , but legal literature is scarce.  Therefore, it was deemed appropriate to open the lawyer's notebook to reflect on some thoughts, running parallel to litigations that started at a local magistrate court and finally ended in the highest court in the Country. Story of Z Z the protagonist, faces a condition medically defined as Autism Spectrum Disor...

  Joyalukkas Gold Tower, Vazhakkala, Kochi About the Featured image Normally, featured images in this blog are randomly selected from Google Images.   But this time, there is a difference.   It is the image of Joyalukkas Gold Tower, Kakkanad the only apartment building submitted to the provisions of the Kerala Apartment Ownership Act 1983 (Act 5 of 1984 or Act for short).   This article is to tell the story of the apartment building, its promoter, and its association.   The Journey of Gold Tower As in the case of hundreds of other apartments in the State, when it came to handing over the common property management to the association, the first choice was a charitable society without any rights over the property.    However, one of the owners, inspired by a few articles in this blog and other materials advocated for submitting the property to Act. Hectic debates and discussions followed, and finally, owners were asked to vote on whether the as...