Bombay HC Rebukes Civic Agencies Over Inaction Against Illegal Buildings
*Bombay HC Rebukes Civic Agencies Over Inaction Against Illegal Buildings* Satark Nagrik Foundation expresses satisfaction. Commenting on the illegal buildings and structure collapses that have resulted in the loss of life, the Bombay High Court said on Thursday, January 15, 2021, that “the situation will become quite difficult” in cities if corporations didn’t take up the responsibility of tackling these structures. The division bench with Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish S Kulkarni asked for ward-wise information from eight municipal corporations in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) as well as the BMC. The bench is seeking data on notices issued to unauthorized buildings, the steps that were taken after, along with information on cases that are under litigation and cases wherein compensation was recovered by the agency. Further, the bench also asked the State Government to think about establishing a separate tribunal to speed up hearings on existing...