Sonu Sood had filed a petition in the Supreme Court against a Bombay High Court order which dismissed his plea challenging a civic body notice over alleged illegal construction at his residential building in Juhu. A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian were to take up Sonu's plea today. However, the actor now withdrew his petition from the Supreme Court.
ANI, on Twitter, said, "Bollywood actor, Sonu Sood, withdrew his petition from the Supreme Court in connection with his plea on illegal construction at his Mumbai residence. A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by CJI Sharad Arvind Bobde, allowed Sonu Sood to withdraw the petition."
Bollywood actor, Sonu Sood, withdrew his petition from the Supreme Court in connection with his plea on illegal construction at his Mumbai residence.
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by CJI Sharad Arvind Bobde, allowed Sonu Sood to withdraw the petition. pic.twitter.com/tAciMSxcWP
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Sonu, in his plea, stated that his application for conversion was approved by the Municipal Commissioner subject to Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) permission. It further stated that the high court order of January 13, 2021 has been passed without considering the provisions of Section 43 (1) of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 and his application for conversion of residential premises into a residential hotel was submitted in 2018 before the department concerned.
"The petitioners have already stopped the work of internal renovation which require no permission as per the provisions of Section 43 of Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966. Therefore, the respondents may kindly be restrained from demolition of the renovation work already done in the building," read the plea filed by Sood and his wife through advocate Vineet Dhanda. On January 21, Bombay High Court judge Justice Prithviraj Chavan, while dismissing Sood's plea, had said that the law helps only those who are diligent.
Sood's lawyer had sought 10 weeks' time to comply with the notice issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in October last year, and urged the high court to direct the civic body not to begin demolition action. The high court told Sood's lawyer that he can approach the civic body and declined to pass any direction. "The ball is now in the office of the BMC...you (Sonu Sood) may approach them," Justice Chavan said.
Earlier this month, Sood had moved the high court against an order of a city civil court at Dindoshi, which dismissed his suit against the BMC's notice. This notice was issued in connection with the alleged illegal construction. In the plea, Sood had claimed that he did not carry out any illegal or unauthorised construction in the building.
(Source: Inputs from IANS/ANI)
