An argument broke out during the hearing involving the fate of Esplanade Mansion at the Bombay High Court on Wednesday over the lack of coordination between the three members of the court-appointed committee. The High Court directed all the parties involved to fix a date and time when all three-member can jointly visit the heritage structure.

During the hearing, Janak Dwarkadas, the advocate representing INTACH, the petitioner in the public interest litigation said that while Chetan Raikar, one of the committee members, had already visited the Esplanade Mansion several times, MHADA has not given permission to the other members. He pointed out that two attempts which were made by Abha Lambah to visit the heritage structure were completely deterred by MHADA. The panel includes structural architect Chetan Raikar and conservation architects Abha Narain Lambah and Pankaj Joshi.