Kannamwar Nagar Gulmohar Co-Operative Housing Society Ltd. v. Union of India
Case brief
What is this about?
Interim DB order, Bombay HC, 02.01.2025; ten co-operative housing society writ petitions v. Union of India; redevelopment of pre-1960s constructions; mangrove and buffer zone applicability; CRZ-II vs CRZ-IA classification; MHADA letter dated 02.08.2022 to Department of Environment and Climate Change and MCZMA; reliance on co-ordinate bench judgment dated 29.07.2015 in Bombay Environmental Action Group v. State of Maharashtra; MCZMA affidavit-in-reply taken on record; direction to MHADA competent authority to decide and report by affidavit; posted to 30.01.2025 high on board; advocates: Saket Mone/Anchita Nair/Vidhi Partners (petitioners), Ashok R. Varma/Parag Vyas (UOI), Siddharth Chandrashekhar/Sneha Prabhu (MHADA), Jaya Joil Bagwe (MCZMA), Oorja Dhond/Komal Punjabi (MCGM), various GPs/AGPs for State.
What did the court decide?
Interim directions only: MCZMA affidavit-in-reply taken on record; competent authority of MHADA to take an appropriate decision in the matter keeping in view the co-ordinate-bench judgment dated 29.07.2015, MCZMA's affidavit-in-reply and MHADA's letter dated 2nd August 2022, such decision to be reported to the Court by affidavit by the next date; matters stand over to 30th January 2025, to be placed high on board. No final relief granted or refused at this stage.