HC on Rane's bldg: Question of vendetta doesn't arise

Observing that when prima facie the construction was unauthorised, the question of political vendetta doesn't arise, Bombay HC Thursday declined to set aside or stay BMC's June 3 rejection for regularisation of portions of an 8-floor Juhu residence of Union minister Narayan Rane.

- Swati Deshpande

Mumbai: The HC, however, granted a six-week protection from any "coercive action", including demolition, after dismissing a plea filed by Kaalkaa Real Estates, a closely-held Rane family concern.

The six-week reprieve is to enable an appeal before the Supreme Court. Swati Deshpande reports.

BMC in Rane bldg case: 'No FSI available for regularising work'

Mumbai: The Bombay high court bench of Justices R D Dhanuka and M G Sewlikar on Thursday heard a petition against the BMC order on Union minister Narayan Rane's Juhu home. Milind Sathe, senior counsel for Kaalkaa Real Estates, submitted that the refusal to permit regularisation was based on "frivolous and malicious" objections not applicable under the law and "engineered at the behest of a particular political party, particularly the CM".