The two 40-floor towers, with a total of 915 apartments and 21 shops, were ordered to be demolished for violating construction laws and lowering safety standards and other guidelines affecting the quality of life of flat buyers.
The Noida Authority on Monday informed the Supreme Court that Supertech’s illegally constructed 40-storey twin towers – T16 (Apex) and T17 (Cyenne) – part of the Emerald Court housing project on the Noida Expressway will be demolished. In compliance with the order of the apex court dated May 22, August 31, 2021.
The two 40-floor towers, with a total of 915 apartments and 21 shops, were ordered to be demolished for violating construction laws and lowering safety standards and other guidelines affecting the quality of life of flat buyers. There are 15 other towers in the Emerald Court House, where people are currently residing.
Senior advocate Ravindra Kumar, appearing for the authority, told a bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud that the process of demolition has begun, and the towers will be demolished on May 22 and the entire debris will be removed by August 22.
He said that the deadline was fixed on February 9 after a meeting with all the stakeholders in this regard. Even the No Objection Certificate was obtained from Gayle and other authorities as a high-pressure underground natural gas pipeline passing through a distance of 15 meters and a depth of 3 meters. The judges directed that all the officials should strictly adhere to the time-limit given by the Noida authority and fixed the matter for further hearing on May 17. On January 17, the apex court had noted that an agency, Edifice Engineering, had been finalized for completion. Demolition of towers.
Earlier, the Supreme Court had warned the directors of real estate developer Supertech to face jail term for “playing nonsense” with the court for not returning the money to their home buyers, which it ordered to be demolished. went.
The Supreme Court had on August 31 accepted the Allahabad High Court’s finding that the approval given to the two towers by the Noida Authority in 2009 was illegal and was the result of “collusion” between the civic authorities and the real estate company.
Showing no leniency towards the realtor, the top court had directed Supertech to bear the full cost of the demolition and the Noida authorities to monitor the demolition with expert guidance from the Central Building Research Institute. It asked Supertech to pay Rs 2 crore to the Supertech Emerald Court Residents Welfare Association, besides ordering the developer to refund the allottees of the twin towers within two months, stating that the delay in refund of more than two months would result. 12% per annum interest will accrue.