SC orders status quo on Nair land, hearing in 4 wks

Mumbai: The Bombay high court had last month directed Rubberwala Developers Private Limited (now Rubberwala Housing and Infrastructure Limited) to vacate the plot in Mumbai Central that had been earmarked for the extension of Nair Hospital which is run by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.

The builder moved the Supreme Court to challenge the high court’s order.

On Friday, the Supreme Court frowned on alleged collusion between officials of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and the developer and said: “We are prima facie of the view that this is a fit case wherein the high court also ought to have considered directing inquiry into the affairs as to how the property, which was acquired for expansion of Nair Hospital, could be permitted to have been used for personal gain of a private individual.”