Mumbai In an alleviation to veteran entertainer Amitabh Bachchan and his entertainer spouse Jaya Bachchan, the Bombay high court (HC) on Wednesday coordinated the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
(BMC) magistrate to hear the portrayal made by the couple against the notification served to them by the urban body to procure part of the land, on which their cottage Prateeksha is developed at Juhu, for expansion of the street line.
HC has additionally limited BMC from making any coercive strides till the portrayal is heard.
A division seat of equity R D Dhanuka and equity S M Modak while hearing the request recorded by the entertainer and his significant other was educated that the appeal was looking for bearings to the BMC official to hear them and choose their February 17, 2022 portrayal against the procurement of a piece of their plot. The appeal likewise tested the notification gave to the Bachchans by the BMC in April 2017 which expressed that the municipal authority would claim portions of the plot as it falls inside the customary road line.
As per the request the notification gave to them under segment 299 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation (MMC) Act, 1888 were invalid as they were conflicting with the applicable areas of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, a focal sanctioning and its activity supplant the MMC Act. The appeal additionally looked for no coercive activity till their portrayal was heard.
In the wake of hearing the appeal on Wednesday, the seat allowed the entertainers fourteen days to make any extra portrayal to the BMC chief to add anything to their February 17 portrayal. The seat guided the chief to choose the portrayal inside about a month and a half from there on. The HC likewise permitted the entertainers an additional three weeks to take proper legitimate plan of action, after the chief’s choice on the portrayal.
The seat discarded the request after senior supporter Anil Sakhare and promoter Rohan Mirpury for the BMC guaranteed the seat that no coercive move would be made till the portrayals were chosen.
