Swapnil Dadaso Vaydande Thr Dadaso Babaso Vaydandeand Ors. v. the Sangli Miraj Kupwad City Municipal Corporation Thr. Its Commissioner and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Demolition of shop premises; Sangli Miraj Kupwad City Municipal Corporation; Article 226 writ petition; Article 142 directions of Supreme Court; In Re : Directions in the matter of demolition of structures (2025) 5 SCC 1; writ of mandamus; reconstruction of demolished structure; quashing of demolition proceeding; unconditional apology by Deputy Commissioner; compensation prayer withdrawn; no order as to costs; Kolhapur circuit bench; 2026.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition allowed in terms of prayer clauses (a), (b) and (d) — mandamus directing the respondents to scrupulously follow the Supreme Court's directions in In Re : Directions in the matter of demolition of structures ((2025) 5 SCC 1); permission to reconstruct the demolished shop premises; quashing of the impugned demolition proceeding. Unconditional apology of the Deputy Commissioner accepted; prayer clause (c) (compensatory cost) not pressed by petitioners; disposed of with no order as to costs.