Updated: September 15, 2020 4:48:58 pm
BMC officials at Kangana Ranaut’s office.
Actress Kangana Ranaut amended her petition to the Bombay High Court and requested 2 million rupees as damages for the “illegal demolition” of her office in Bandra by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
The amended allegation states that BMC has demolished 40 percent of the office, which included valuable goods such as chandeliers and rare artwork, and also requested interim relief to take steps to make the property “usable” after demolition.
An amended statement said that although his response to BMC’s notification was rejected at 10:35 a.m. on September 9, BMC and the police officers were already present outside the bungalow long before the time of BMC’s final order, which can be proven by Ranaut’s tweet on Wednesday at 10.19 am ”.
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The petition read: “The photograph clearly shows that BMC officials together with the police officers and the entire team were already ready to demolish said Bungalow, which shows that BMC always had bad intentions and ulterior motives to demolish said Bungalow .. . the actions of the respondents were premeditated and vitiated by malice. “
The statement alleged that the actor’s attorney, Rizwan Siddiquee, went to the premise on September 9 to deliver a copy of the petition to the district official and informed him that the matter was scheduled to be heard at 12:30 p.m., without However, the BMC official locked the bungalow inside and ignored the lawyer and continued the demolition work.
“The large-scale illegal demolition has caused damage estimated at around Rs. 2 crore, ”said the statement and requested instructions from the court to compensate the actor for the same.
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The allegation further stated that although the civic body in its notification had listed 14 illegal alteration works in progress at the facilities, there was only one photograph of a person attempting to prevent leaks from the incessant rains and no other evidence was presented and, therefore, the said notice was “illegal” and “unlawful,” the statement said.
On September 10, the BMC had informed the High Court that Ranaut had been carrying out “substantial alterations” to its Bandra property “contrary to the sanctioned plan” and its action to demolish these structures was justified and without any “malafidio”.
In its response, the civic body said that the actress had made “false, unfounded and unjustified accusations”, including those of “harassment” and “bad faith”, and that she should not be allowed to seek protection for that “illegal work” by approaching To the court.
He added that even in the allegation filed by Ranaut, the actress has not denied that she made illegal alterations and additions to the property.
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On September 10, while Ranaut’s attorney sought time to respond to the affidavit and amend his petition, the court noted that the “petition was rushed” and allowed the actor to make amendments to it before September 14. Additionally, BMC had ordered to respond to the amended statement before September 18 and published an additional hearing on the actor’s statement until September 22.
The court order prohibiting BMC from undertaking further demolition work on the property will continue until then.
A bench from the division of judges SJ Kathawalla and RI Chagla suspended the demolition of suspected unauthorized structures at Ranaut’s Pali Hill office on September 9, hours after the BMC began the exercise. The court had said that BMC’s action “prima facie does not appear to be in good faith and smacks of bad faith” and ordered the civic body to submit an affidavit in response to Ranaut’s request for provisional relief from the suspension. demolition work.
The BMC had issued a work stoppage notice to Ranaut on September 8 for renovation and completion work at the Manikarnika Films Production House office on Pali Hill in Bandra West. The Superior Court will hear the amended statement and BMC’s response thereto on September 22.
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