Balaram Sudam Bhoir v. the Union of India and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Batch writ petitions, Bombay High Court, decided 17 September 2025 (G.S. Kulkarni & Aarti Sathe, JJ.); occupants of chawl tenements built 2012–2019 on Survey No.23, Village Bhopar, Taluka Kalyan, District Thane; land acquired under award dated 19 March 2013 for Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCCIL) of Union of India; impugned notice dated 21 August 2023 by SDO Kalyan (No. K.D./Te-2/Bhusampadan/DFCCIL/Ka.V.1110/23); structures demolished 4 October 2023 with police machinery; main prayers held infructuous; liberty to claim compensation before Designated Officer within six weeks, to be decided in accordance with law; contentions kept open; interim applications for amendment disposed of; no costs.
What did the court decide?
Petitions disposed of in terms of the Court's orders: petitioners granted liberty to make appropriate applications for compensation before the Designated Officer (to be made within six weeks), such applications to be decided in accordance with law, with all contentions expressly kept open; interim applications likewise disposed of; no costs.