A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M S Karnik stated it didn’t need residents to dwell a life fraught with the chance of their buildings collapsing in the course of the rains.
“We would like all of you to dwell a dignified life. Not a life that’s at all times in danger… that each time it rains, the constructing may collapse like a pack of playing cards,” the court docket stated.
The court docket was listening to a public curiosity litigation filed by three residents of Thane district, in search of eviction of residents and demolition of 9 dilapidated unlawful buildings within the Mumbra space of the district.
Final week, the petitioners’ counsel Neeta Karnik had knowledgeable the bench that although the Thane Municipal Company (TMC) had served demolition notices and lower off the ability and water provide to those buildings, residents proceed to occupy the premises and have accessed water and electrical energy illegally.
The TMC’s counsel Ram Apte on Monday confirmed that the civic physique had served the demolition notices to the buildings in 2019 and once more in 2021.
Suhas Oak, the counsel for the residents of the stated buildings, sought time to vacate the premises.
Matthew Nedumpara, who wished to file an intervention software on behalf of another residents of the realm, urged the excessive court docket to remain the eviction course of and demolition notices for a while.
The court docket, nonetheless, stated it had requested all residents final week to voluntarily vacate the premises solely to make sure their very own security.
“For us, the lives of all these residents are very valuable,” the bench stated.
The court docket additionally directed the TMC to file an affidavit by the tip of the day detailing the variety of occupants in every of the 9 buildings.