Mrs. Ramchandra Mahipat Nachare v. the Union of India and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay HC DB (G. S. Kulkarni & Aarti Sathe, JJ.), 17.09.2025, 2025:BHC-AS:41777-DB — batch writ petitions by chawl/tenement occupants, Survey No.23, Village Bhopar, Taluka Kalyan, District Thane; land acquired under award dated 19.03.2013 for Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCCIL); impugned SDO Kalyan notice dated 21.08.2023 directing handover of possession; structures demolished 04.10.2023 despite pending petitions (no ad-interim protection on 03.10.2023); challenge held infructuous; petitions and interim applications disposed of with liberty to claim compensation before the Designated Officer within six weeks, to be decided in accordance with law; all contentions kept open; no costs; no statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Petitions disposed of in terms of the court's orders: liberty to the petitioners to make appropriate applications for compensation for their demolished structures before the Designated Officer within six weeks, such applications to be decided in accordance with law; all contentions expressly kept open; interim applications disposed of as not surviving; no costs