Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Demolition Order Against Minister
NDTV
The Bombay High Court had earlier directed the Mumbai civic body to demolish an unauthorised construction at Narayan Rane's bungalow in Juhu.
The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a plea challenging the Bombay High Court verdict that directed the Mumbai civic body to demolish the unauthorised construction at Union minister Narayan Rane's bungalow in the Juhu area, noting that there was a violation of the Floor Space Index and Coastal Regulation Zone rules.
The floor space index (FSI) is the maximum permissible floor area that can be built on a particular plot or/piece of land.
The plea against the high court judgment was filed in the Supreme Court by Kaalkaa Real Estates Pvt Ltd, a company owned by Mr Rane's family. The petition came up for hearing before a bench of Justices S K Kaul and A S Oka, which refused to entertain it.
On September 20, the high court said, "There is no dispute that the petitioner has carried out large scale unauthorised construction in blatant violation of the sanctioned plan and the provisions of law."
