Courtroom permitted Kangana Ranaut to make each Sanjay Raut and Bhagyawant Late events to the case
Mumbai:
The Bombay Excessive Courtroom on Thursday requested Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut to file a reply to actor Kangana Ranaut’s petition in opposition to the demolition of part of her workplace in Mumbai, and mentioned it should begin remaining listening to from Friday.
The listening to can’t be delayed as a result of the Bungalow shouldn’t be left within the current partially demolished state throughout monsoon as some mishap may occur, the judges mentioned.
A bench of Justices SJ Kathawalla and RI Chagla additionally directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Company’s (BMC) H-ward officer Bhagyawant Late to file his reply to the plea.
Mr Late had signed the demolition discover served to Ms Ranaut on September 7.
On Tuesday, Ms Ranaut’s lawyer senior counsel Birendra Saraf had submitted a DVD of a speech wherein Mr Raut allegedly made a remark threatening the actor. Following it, the HC permitted ms Ranaut to make each Mr Raut and Mr Late events to the case.
On Thursday, Mr Raut’s counsel Pradeep Thorat requested for extra time to file reply, saying the Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha member was in New Delhi.
BMC’s senior counsel Anil Sakhre additionally sought extra time for submitting reply on Mr Late’s behalf.
Justice Kathawalla mentioned the bench will start listening to the petitioner (Ranaut) on Friday and Mr Raut may file his reply anytime earlier than his attorneys begin their arguments.
The bench, nonetheless, directed the BMC to file the reply on Mr Late’s behalf by Monday.
“Since 40 per cent of the Petitioner’s Bungalow is already demolished on ninth September, 2020 and the Bungalow continues to face in partially demolished situation, it’s probably that some mishap could also be precipitated because of the heavy rainfall in Mumbai. It’s due to this fact vital to listen to the matter on the earliest,” the bench mentioned, scheduling the listening to at three pm on Friday.
Ms Ranaut, in her plea filed within the HC on September 9, sought that the demolition carried out by the BMC at her Pali Hill bungalow be declared unlawful. She rushed to the court docket after demolition started earlier that day.
The HC then stayed the BMC’s motion.
She subsequently amended her plea to demand Rs two crore as damages from the civic physique and its officers.
In her plea, Ms Ranaut alleged that the BMC had demolished the bungalow out of private vendetta, since she had made some feedback vital of the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra authorities.
The BMC in its affidavit denied the allegation.
The civic physique mentioned Ms Ranaut had carried out unlawful structural modifications and repairs on the bungalow, and the officers have been merely following the regulation.
The civic physique additionally urged the excessive court docket to dismiss Ms Ranaut’s plea and impose a value on her.
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