Sonu Sood moves SC against HC order on illegal construction notice illegal construction notice
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Actor Sonu Sood has moved the Supreme Court difficult the Bombay High Court order which dismissed his attraction against a BMC notice over alleged illegal construction at his residential constructing in Mumbai’s Juhu space.
Sood’s petition said that his software for conversion has been accepted by the Municipal Commissioner topic to Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) permission.
It mentioned the excessive court docket order dated January 13, 2021 has been handed with out contemplating the provisions of Section 43 (1) of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 and his software for conversion of residential premises right into a residential lodge was submitted in 2018 earlier than the division involved.
The plea contended that their software for conversion, which has been accepted by the Municipal Commissioner topic to MCZMA, be directed to be determined by authorities involved. “The petitioners have already stopped the work of internal renovation which require no permission as per the provisions of Section 43 of Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966, therefore, the respondents may kindly be restrained from demolition of the renovation work already done in the building,” the plea filed by Sood and his spouse mentioned.
Sood additional said that if the applying of the petitioners for conversion is accepted, the monetary loss as a result of demolition won’t be recovered in any method and would trigger miscarriage of justice to the petitioners.
The HC, whereas dismissing the actor’s attraction and software, mentioned, “Law helps only those who are diligent.” Sood’s lawyer had sought a time of 10 weeks to adjust to the notice issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in October final yr, and requested the HC to direct the civic physique to not provoke demolition motion.
The excessive court docket, nonetheless, refused and mentioned the actor had ample alternative previously and if required, he may method the civic physique.
Sood had approached the high court earlier this month difficult an order of a metropolis civil court docket at Dindoshi that had dismissed his swimsuit against the BMC’s notice issued over the alleged illegal construction carried out by him.
The actor, within the interim software in HC, had sought an order from the excessive court docket restraining the BMC from taking any coercive motion against his residential property in Juhu space.
“The petitioner (Sood) has not made any adjustments within the constructing that warrants permission from the BMC. Only these adjustments which might be allowed beneath the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning (MRTP) Act have been completed,” Sood’s advocate had argued in HC.
As per the BMC, the Bollywood actor had carried out structural adjustments within the six-storey residential building ”Shakti Sagar”, and allegedly transformed it right into a lodge with out taking requisite permissions.
The BMC earlier this month additionally filed a grievance on the Juhu police station, looking for an FIR to be lodged against Sood for allegedly changing the residential constructing right into a lodge with out permission.
The grievance letter was despatched to the police after the BMC inspected the constructing and located that Sood had allegedly not complied with the requisitions and was persevering with unauthorised construction even after the notice was served to him in October final yr. The police is but to register FIR within the case.
