HC allows Versova slum rehabilitation project, junks stable owners' plea

The Bombay High Court on Friday paved the way for a slum rehabilitation project in Versova by dismissing a plea filed by stable owners who had been occupying the land for over 60 years.

- Prateem Rohanekar

MUMBAI: The stable owners, who had received eviction notices from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) last year, had challenged their removal.

A division bench comprising Justices Ajey Gadkari and Kamal Khata rejected the petition, stating that "such persons do not deserve any sympathy, nor do they deserve any additional compensation. An individual who is a rank trespasser and has usurped properties of an owner cannot be seen to be dictating terms to the owner or the developer to take up a scheme as per his choice."