VIKAS PREMISES CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED vs BRIHANMUMBAI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION

1. This is a case pertaining to a dangerous building known as ‘Vikas Building’, which is situated at a short distance from this Court, in a busy commercial area of Mumbai, namely, the Fort area. It is a building of Meera Jadhav 2/26 wpl-19422-25-.doc about 129 years old, which has been categorized to be extremely ruinous (C-1 category) and which would suffer an imminent collapse. It has been already vacated in a very urgent situation by the Disaster Control Cell of Mumbai Municipal Corporation on 21 June 2025. 2. The petitioner is the owner of the building. It is ground + 4 storeyed structure, which has about 37 tenements/members all of which are commercial/offices. Any untoward incident of a collapse of the building would not only be a disaster qua the occupants of the building, but also to the adjoining premises qua the public at large in the busy Fort area. The water and electricity supply of the building have already been disconnected. It is in these circumstances, the petitioner is before the Court and in our opinion “too-too” late in time to contend that the petitioner would make an attempt to repair the building. 3. Being tasked with adjudication of this petition, we are dut