However, the authority added that it was making every effort to ensure that the construction is completed in 2023. On April 17, the bench noted that MHADA’s lawyer or its officers were not able to make a firm commitment to an earlier date of completion.
Next week: Bombay HC to hear a plea filed by the ED against the bail granted to Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut and his alleged associate Pravin Raut in a money laundering case.
The ED has cast its dragnet wide. It is using the interpretation of a circular issued by the agency itself in 2020 for this purpose. The circular was intended to define its role. But it has a clause giving its director enormous discretionary powers.
The Bombay High Court had directed MHADA on March 21 to not unreasonably withhold an OC for any other free-sale or rehab buildings that are fully in conformity and compliant with all plans and norms