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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
KAMAL KHATA
Preeti Manohar Sakpal D/o Manohar Baburao Sakpal (deceased) – Appellant
Versus
Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. appeal from denial of anti-demolition interim injunction. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. permanent structure predates datum; s.314 notice invalid. (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 3. bmc violated stay order via partial demolition. (Para 7 , 8) |
| 4. unauthorized encroachment on municipal footpath and street. (Para 9 , 10 , 11) |
| 5. inadvertent demolition reconstructed; contempt purged. (Para 12 , 13) |
| 6. prolonged unauthorized possession encourages illegality. (Para 14 , 15) |
| 7. unregistered agreement, bills confer no title. (Para 16 , 17) |
| 8. unclean hands deny equitable relief to encroachers. (Para 18 , 19 , 20 , 21) |
| 9. s.314 allows summary removal of street encroachments. (Para 22 , 23 , 24 , 25) |
| 10. tax assessment does not regularize unauthorized structures. (Para 26) |
| 11. notice valid for traffic obstruction removal. (Para 27 , 28) |
| 12. civil suit barred sans statutory remedy exhaustion. (Para 29 , 30) |
| 13. contempt misuse delays merits adjudication. (Para 31) |
| 14. apology and restoration purge contempt. (Para 32 , 33) |
| 15. inquiry into municipal dereliction on encroachments. (Para 34 , 35) |
| 16. appeal dismissed; costs; contempt warning. (Para 36 , 37) |
JUDGMENT:
KAMAL KHATA, J.
1) By the present Appeal, the Appellan
Unauthorized structures on public streets removable without notice; tax payments, electricity bills do not legitimize or create equity; clean hands doctrine bars relief to encroachers abusing process....
The duty of municipal officers to take action against illegal and unauthorized structures, and the need for a well-considered approach by the Civil Court in dealing with applications for temporary in....
Municipal officers have a duty to take action against illegal and unauthorized structures, as per the provisions of the law and government directives.
The judgment emphasizes the importance of establishing a prima facie case and balance of convenience for granting temporary injunctions, and the need for the appellant's conduct to be free from blame....
No proof of pre-datum line structure existence via assessments, Tikka Sheets, repair permissions, or IOD; illegal structures incurably demolishable; subsequent permissions do not legitimize.
Suit against municipal body challenging demolition notice requires proven pre-suit notice under Section 527 MMC Act; mere plaint averment insufficient against specific denial, no waiver without expli....
The court emphasized the necessity of prima facie evidence for lawful occupancy and the burden of proof regarding unauthorized structures, which varies based on specific case facts.
A censused structure is protected under municipal policy, regardless of its commercial use or the slum status of the area.
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