Sunil a Furtado v. Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada)
Case brief
What is this about?
PIL 79/2024, Bombay HC, dismissed 23-04-2025 (Alok Aradhe CJ & M S Karnik J) as abuse of process - duplicate of Civil Writ Petition (Stamp) No. 30590 of 2022 filed by same petitioner (Sunil A. Furtado, authorized signatory/secretary of Janahit Association) against same respondents (MHADA respondent no.1, BMC respondent no.2) on same subject and relief; subject matter: compliance with Regulation 27, Development Control and Promotion Regulations, 2034 - 25% open space in CTS No.5740 (pt), final plot No. 352, TPS III, Pant Nagar, Ghatkopar MHADA layout, buildings 139 to 151; no opinion on merits, left to earlier writ petition; no precedent relied upon.
What did the court decide?
Since the petitioner had already filed a writ petition on the same subject matter seeking the same relief, filing of this PIL is nothing but an abuse of the process of law; the PIL is consequently not entertained.