In the ongoing dispute between Kangana Ranaut and Shiv Sena over property demolitions, on Friday the Bombay High Court detained the Shiv Sena-controlled Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and asked them to submit photos and evidence of the construction. illegal. Kangana Ranaut’s attorney argued Friday that none of the photos BMC has taken show any erection or alteration work in the office.
A bench in the division of Judge SJ Kathawala and Judge RI Chagla adjourned the hearing on the matter until September 28. Shiv Sena spokesman Sanjay Raut reacted on Friday, saying: “Action was taken against illegal construction. We have nothing to do with this. People call Mumbai POK and this was shocking to the pride of Maharashtra. I would be alarmed by all this. “
Ranaut’s attorney, lead attorney Birendra Saraf, told the court on Friday that when the civic body delivered a demolition notice, only some waterproofing work was underway and she had the necessary permits for it. “Even though no illegal work has ever been done, the parts that the BMC has said are illegal construction in progress existed before the illegality was detected,” Saraf said.
He also noted that the photos presented to the court by the BMC on Friday did not have any digital timestamps, but only a note dating them to September 5. officer who took the photos to hand over his phone to the court, so it can be determined when the photos were taken. “We will examine whether this work was a work in progress,” the court said and asked Ranaut’s lawyer to report, at the next date, if all the demolished parts existed in the same way in January 2020.
The court also noted that the BMC in its affidavit had said that Ranaut had changed the position of the ground floor entrance, but much more was demolished on the ground floor. “What we are thinking about is how the ground floor was demolished if there is no work in progress there. The only thing shown is that the position of the entrance door was changed, no work in progress is shown on the ground floor.
“Whatever they claimed in the affidavit about the ground floor, it is already done (in the past). So how was the ground floor demolished?” He asked. Saraf said the entire action was malicious, which was demonstrated by the fact that the BMC took action after Ranaut made some critical comments about the Maharashtra government.
Kangana’s Pali Hill property, which served as the office for her Manikarnika Films film production home, had been razed amid intense drama as she made her way to Mumbai from Manali on 9 September. The action was taken amid his intense exchanges with Shiv Sena. Sanjay Raut, as his strong statements against the Mumbai police in the Sushant Singh Rajput case and the alleged link between the drug mafia and Bollywood had sparked a controversy.
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About the case
Ranaut, in his plea filed at the HC on September 9, requested that the demolition carried out by BMC of his Pali Hill bungalow be declared illegal. Subsequently, he amended his petition to demand two million rupees in damages to the civic body and its officials. In his guilty plea, he alleged that BMC had demolished the bungalow out of personal revenge, as it had made some adverse comments to the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government.
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The BMC in its affidavit filed in superior court denied the accusation. In the affidavit filed through attorney Joel Carlos, the BMC said that Ranaut had made structural changes and illegal repairs to the bungalow, and that civic officials were simply following the law by demolishing unauthorized parts of the structure. The civic body had urged the higher court to dismiss Ranaut’s statement and impose a cost on him.
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