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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR, CJ., SUMAN SHYAM
Sunteck Realty Limited – Appellant
Versus
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Suman Shyam, J.
1. Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith.
2. By consent of the parties, the matter is taken up for final hearing.
3. Assailing the Demand Notice dated 9th September 2014 (Exhibit-S), the Petitioner has approached this Court inter -alia contending that the levy of penalty/additional premium by Respondent No.1–Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (“MMRDA”) upon the Petitioner on account of delay in completion of construction is contrary to the terms and conditions of the Lease Agreement and, therefore, arbitrary and illegal. The facts and circumstances, giving rise to the filing of the present Writ Petition, shorn of unnecessary details, are as hereunder.
4. It appears from the record that this Writ Petition was originally instituted by M/s. Starlight Systems (I) LLP, which entity subsequently got converted into “Starlight Systems (I) Private Limited”. Thereafter, in terms of the order dated 29th July 2024 passed by the National Company Law Tribunal (“NCLT”), Mumbai Bench in CP(CAA)281/MB-III/2023 in CA (CAA) 180/MB-III/ 2023, M/s. Starlight Systems (I) Private Limited was amalgamated with M/s. Sunteck Realty Limited, i.e., the present Petitioner.
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