Kangana Ranaut's office floored: BMC followed Supreme Court verdict

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporations BMC move to demolish Bollywood actress Kangana Ranauts office a day ago that attracted huge flak was in tune with a Supreme Court judgment pertaining to illegal constructions officials said here on ThursdayOn October 24 2019 in a landmark verdict which settling a law of land the Supreme Court had empowered the BMC to demolish any illegal constructions immediately after a 24hour notice served as per provisions of law laid down by the apex court said wellknown barrister Vinod TiwariThis crucial judgment came in a case of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai versus Ms Sunbeam High Tech Developers Pvt Ltd CA No 76267627 of 2019 which has empowered the BMC in such cases of illegal constructions to carry out demolitions Tiwari told IANSAs per the ruling the BMC CommissionerCompetent Authority in the Kangana matter it was the Assistant Municipal Commissioner HWest Ward on coming to know of such illegal construction violating the laws it can issue a showcause notice with 24 hours time under Sec 351 to the owner occupier builder contractor architect etc of the premisesThis would be accompanied by photos or visual images displaying digitally time and date of the site clearly depicting the illegal structures said a division bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Aniruddha BoseSimultaneously the civic authority can also issue an interim stop construction along with the notice or anytime after issuing the notice and this can include the relevant pictures of the alleged violations as per the Apex Court judgmentIf the parties concerned reply to the notice the civic authority can pass a reasoned order but if the reply is not satisfactory it will be conveyed to the opposite party giving them further 7 days time before demolishing the premises and the party can also approach the higher authority or high courtHowever in case the concerned party does not respond to the notice within the 24hour time limit then the BMC is empowered to immediately demolish it applying the rationale flowing from law settled by apex court which was clearly done in the case of Kangana Ranaut on September 9 explained Barrister TiwariAs far as the Kangana matter goes the BMC had given a much longer time to her since the notice was issued way back in 2018 against which she had gone in appeal and lost it is learntThe construction was completed on September 8 the demolition notice was served upon her after due inspection and the illegal constructions in the office and on September 9 the action followed in which more than threefourths of the office was razed before the Bombay High Court clamped a stay till September 10The law settled by the top court has even allowed the notice to be issued through the traditional mode plus by email or mobile phone message or even a foreman or the incharge of the construction site to resolve the subsequent disputes pertaining to alleged nonservice of noticeThe BMCs move to demolish Kanganas office in Bandra west ignited a huge political row with the Shiv Senacontrolled BMC plus the SenaNationalist Congress PartyCongress Maha Vikas Aghadi state governmentKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever