Bombay Slum Redevelopment Corporation Private Limited vs Samir Narain Bhojwani

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2024 Supreme(SC) 542

ABHAY S. OKA, PANKAJ MITHAL
Bombay Slum Redevelopment Corporation Private Limited – Appellant
Versus
Samir Narain Bhojwani – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ramesh Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Atman Mehta, Adv. Mr. Anand Pai, Adv. Mr. Nishant Chotani, Adv. Mr. Vipul Patel, Adv. Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR Mr. Rachit Bharwada, Adv. Mr. Siddhant Sanghavi, Adv. Mr. R. Gopalakrishnan, AOR Mr. Murtaza Kachwalla, Adv. Mr. S. M. Algaus, Adv. Mr. Palash Moolchandani, Adv. Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv. Mr. C. U. Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Parimal K. Shroff, Adv. Mr. Rishi Agrawala, Adv. Mr. Ankur Saigal, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Devansh Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Vidisha Swarup, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv. Mr. C.U. Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Parimal Shroff, Adv. Mr. Rishi Agrawala, Adv. Mr. Ankur Saigal, Adv. Mr. Victor Das, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Devansh Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Vidisha Swarup, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Anup Jain, AOR Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv. Ms. Anushree Prashit Kapadia, AOR Mr. Nishant Chothani, Adv. Mr. R. Gopalakrishnan, AOR Mr. Murtaza Kachwalla, Adv. Mr. S. M. Algaus, Adv. Mr. Palash Moolchandani, Adv.

JUDGMENT :

Abhay S. Oka, J.

1. The application for permission to file special leave petition is allowed. Leave granted.

FACTUAL ASPECTS

2. These appeals take exception to the same judgment and order dated 7th July 2023 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay. Therefore, the same are being decided together. We are setting out a few factual aspects necessary for deciding the appeals.

3. On 31st March 1993, the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) executed a lease agreement in respect of the subject property in favour of Andheri Kamgar Nagar Cooperative Housing Society Limited (for short, ‘the Society’). It is stated to be a society of slum dwellers. The Society, by the agreement dated 6th October 1996, appointed M/s. Aurora Properties and Investments (for short, ‘M/s. Aurora’) as the property developer to implement a slum rehabilitation scheme. M/s. Aurora was to construct 237 rehabilitation tenements for slum dwellers and 40 tenements for project-affected persons (PAPs) free of cost and develop the property using the available Floor Space Index (FSI) and dispose of the same. It appears that M/s. Aurora could not discharge its obligations. Therefore, by the

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2024 Supreme(SC) 542

ABHAY S. OKA, PANKAJ MITHALBombay Slum Redevelopment Corporation Private Limited – AppellantVersusSamir Narain Bhojwani – Respondent

Cases Referred (4)

ABHAY S. OKA, PANKAJ MITHAL
Bombay Slum Redevelopment Corporation Private Limited – Appellant
Versus
Samir Narain Bhojwani – Respondent