The Bandra Physical Culture Association on St Martin Road
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has lambasted the BMC for razing a portion of a gymnasium on an over 16,000sqft piece of land in Bandra (W) despite its general order restraining it from carrying out demolitions during the Covid-19 lockdown. The BMC had given the land on lease to a private trust.
“You were not supposed to demolish. How could you demolish the structure?” questioned a bench of Justice Ramesh Dhanuka and Justice V G Bisht on February 4.
The court heard a petition by the Bandra Physical Culture Association on St Martin Road challenging the November 2 demolition and a January 21 notice to take possession of the land on February 8. The high court on October 29 had suo motu directed the BMC not to initiate any action against any person suffering orders of dispossession, demolition or eviction passed by public authorities till December 21. The order was extended till January 31.