Hindustan Unilever Ltd. And Anr vs The State Of Maharashtra And 3 Ors on 3 May, 2018
13. As regards the contention based on Section 37A, admittedly in the
present cases the Deeds of Conveyance in favour of Shetty and Charisma were dated
28th December 2001 and 8 th September 2008 respectively. As referred to above, this
3 Order of the Division Bench of this Court dated 23rd January, 2019 in Writ Petition (L) No. 165 of 2019
4 Order of the Division Bench of this Court dated 31st July, 2019 in Writ Petition (L) No. 1962 of 2019
5 Order of the Division Bench of this Court dated 15th April, 2019 in Writ Petition No. 2378 of 2018
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Court in Hindustan Unilever (supra) has already held that Section 37A, which was
introduced with effect from 3 rd March 2015, will not operate retrospectively and
therefore will not apply to documents of title preceding that date. Thus, ex facie and as
admitted by the City Survey Officer in his Affidavits, Section 37A cannot apply to the
transactions in question, and there is accordingly no requirement for permission of the
Collector as contemplated therein.