In a significant ruling for housing society redevelopment projects, the Maharashtra State Co-operative Appellate Court has held that an ownership dispute involving a single flat cannot be used to stall the redevelopment of an entire housing society. The court allowed the redevelopment of Mulund Sahakar Vishwa Co-operative Housing Society in Mulund West to proceed, observing that hundreds of residents should not suffer because of litigation concerning one flat.

The order was passed on June 22, 2026, by Member-2 AS Wanve, who dismissed an appeal filed by the legal heirs of late Rekha Gangadhar Pagare and upheld an earlier order rejecting interim relief against redevelopment.