Fashion designer Manish Malhotra, a neighbor of Kangana Ranaut, has also gone through the BMC scanner. The BMC sent him a notice the same day that he posted a “stop work notice” on the actress’s adjoining property.
Fashion designer Manish Malhotra, a neighbor of Kangana Ranaut, has also gone through the BMC scanner. The BMC sent him a notice the same day that he posted a “stop work notice” on the actress’s adjoining property.
On Wednesday, the high-voltage drama was witnessed in Mumbai as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) bulldozers razed the ‘illegal office’ of Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut as she flew from Chandigarh to Mumbai. Now, fashion designer Manish Malhotra, who is a neighbor of the actress, is reported to have gone through the BMC scanner as well.
The BMC sent him a notice the same day he posted a “stop work notice” on the adjacent Kangana property. He cited four unauthorized irregularities / changes and has been asked to respond within seven days with clarification or permission if taken. The notice alleges that the fashion designer did not obtain the necessary permission to convert his residence into a commercial space.
Speaking to the Mumbai Mirror, a Malhotra spokesman said there were no irregularities and that the office “has been in the same condition” for the past 15 years. “If there are any concerns raised by the BMC, we will cooperate with them and address them,” he said.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, Kangana’s lawyer, Rizwan Siddiqui, quickly approached the Bombay High Court, where a divisional court made up of Judge SJ Kathawalla and Judge RI Chagla suspended the demolition and held the matter for a new hearing. Thursday.
In his strong plea of guilt, Siddiqui challenged BMC’s action, calling it “illegal, arbitrary, in bad faith, without application of mind, unreasonable, undue, and in violation of the principles of natural justice”, and that there were no illegalities in the office that was virtually trashed. by the civic demolition squad.
While adjourning the action, the higher court ordered the BMC to file its response to Ranaut’s guilty plea challenging the Sept. 9 demolition order at 3 p.m. Thursday.
Until the suspension came, a significant part of the Kangana office premises, from the inside and outside, appeared to have been bulldozed with massive excavators, JCBs and other heavy equipment.
(with input from IANS)
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