Contents Foreword vii List of Contributors ix Introduction xi 1. Housing as a Human Right and its Constitutional Parameters 1 -Justice V.R. Krishna lyer 2. Housing and Tenancy Legislation 11 -Kiran Wadhwa 3. Apartment Legislation-A Review21 -P.S.N.Rao 4. Regulation Related to Housing Finance 26 R.V.Verma 5. Urban Land Transactions and Conferment of Conclusive Title 41 -S. V.Joga Rao and P.S.N. Prasad 6. Housing and Urban Land Ceiling-A Critique of the ULCR Act of 1976 52 -P.S.N.Rao 7. Legal Issues Related to Housing Cooperatives 61 -M.L. Khurana 8. Legislation and Slums 70 -Girish K. Misra and P.S.N. Rao 9. Housing and Urban Development Authorities- Laws in Bangalore 76 -L.R. Vagale 10. Housing Legislation in Punjab 89 -Sarup Singh and J.K. Gupta 11. Housing Legislation in Uttar Pradesh 101 -B. N. Singh 12. Housing Laws in Hill Towns 132 -Ruby Kaushal 13. Protection of Housing Consumers 142 -M Darshini and S. Sangwan Annexure 163 Bibliography 170 Index 177