Bombay HC rejects Sonu Sood’s plea challenging BMC notice on illegal construction at his residence

By Team NewsableFirst Published Jan 21, 2021, 12:16 PM IST
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Sonu Sood had approached the Bombay High Court, challenging a notice by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) against him for alleged structural changes to a residential building in Juhu without permission.
 

Mumbai: In a drawback for Bollywood actor Sonu Sood, the Bombay High Court on Thursday, dismissed an appeal and interim application filed by him against a BMC notice over alleged illegal construction carried out by him at his residential building in suburban Juhu.

Justice Prithviraj Chavan said the court was dismissing the appeal and application.

Sood's lawyer Amogh Singh requested the court to direct the civic body to not initiate demolition action and sought a time of 10 weeks to comply with the notice issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

The court, however, refused and said the actor had ample opportunity in the past.

Challenging an order of a city civil court that dismissed his suit against the BMC''s notice over the alleged illegal construction carried out by him, Sood approached the high court earlier this month.

The actor, in an interim application, had sought an order from the high court restraining the BMC from taking any coercive action against his residential property in Juhu area.

As per the BMC, Sood had carried out structural changes in the six-storey residential building ''Shakti Sagar'' and converted it into a hotel without taking requisite permissions.

(With inputs from agency) 

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