Jacqueline Johnson Gigool D Mello v. Slum Rehabilitation Authority Mumbai
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ Petition No.1169 of 2024, Bombay High Court OOCJ, disposed 10 March 2026 (Karnik & Modak, JJ.) without examining merits; alternative statutory remedy: appeal under Section 35, Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971, before AGRC (Apex Grievance Redressal Committee); liberty to file appeal within two weeks; delay to be considered sympathetically as time spent in petition bonafide; expeditious disposal of appeal sought; petitioner Jacqueline Johnson Gigool DMELLO; respondents include State of Maharashtra, SRA; rights and contentions kept open; interim application disposed.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the Petitioner to file an Appeal before the AGRC (Apex Grievance Redressal Committee); if filed within two weeks, the Appeal to be decided expeditiously and the question of delay considered sympathetically; Petition disposed without examining merits with all rights and contentions kept open; pending Interim Application, if any, stands disposed of.