HC grants interim protection to Sonu Sood from BMC action
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The actor challenged discover issued to him for alleged unlawful conversion of residential premises into business premises
The Bombay High Court on Monday granted actor Sonu Sood interim protection from any coercive action by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in opposition to the alleged unlawful development at his residence.
A single Bench of Justice Prithviraj Chavan was listening to a plea by the actor in search of extension of keep on a discover served by the town civil court docket and periods court docket. Mr. Sood challenged the BMC discover issued on October 24, 2020 for alleged unlawful conversion of residential premises into business premises.
Mr. Sood’s counsel, Amogh Singh, advised the court docket that the actor had not carried out any unlawful development however made modifications allowed as per the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act in Shakti Sagar at Juhu, in suburban Mumbai.
Senior advocate Anil Sakhare, representing the BMC, argued {that a} lodge with 24 rooms was being run within the stated constructing and that regardless of demolition having been carried out twice on the web site — in 2018 and in 2020 — the development stood. Hence, a police grievance had been filed on the Juhu station.
The grievance states, “It was found that Sonu Sood and his wife have instituted/commenced/undertaken/carried out development or changed the user of land as detailed below: Unauthorised addition/alteration beyond approved plans and unauthorised change of user from residential to hotel building without taking technical sanction from competent authority.”
The court docket requested Mr. Singh whether or not a lodge is being run with out licence, and stated, “You should come to the court with clean hands. If not, then you will have to face consequences.” Mr. Singh, nonetheless, denied the identical and stated “it is a residential hotel in which flats are rented out to people.”
Mr. Sakhare then sought time to file his reply. Mr. Singh urged the court docket to grant Mr. Sood interim protection from any coercive action by the BMC.
The court docket adjourned the matter to January 13 and stated, “The order passed by the lower court will continue till then.”
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