ALTAMOUNT ROAD AREA CITIZENS COMMITTEE AND ANR. vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS.

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PIL-74-2013.doc Panchal IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 74 OF 2013 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO.19120 OF 2023 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO. 2881 OF 2023 Digitally Altamount Road Area Citizens Committee & Anr. } Petitioners signed by PRAVIN PRAVIN DASHARATH Versus DASHARATH PANDIT PANDIT Date: 2026.04.08 The State of Maharashtra & Ors. } Respondents 22:08:19 +0530 Mr. Darius Shroff, Senior Advocate a/w Mr. Aakash Chandran, Ms. Tanisha Choudhary, Mr. Rohit Jadhav & Ms. Aishwarya Bapat i/by Vis Legis Law Practice, Advocates for the Petitioners. Mr. Milind V. More, Additional Government Pleader with Ms. Rita Joshi, AGP for Respondent No.1-State. Dr. Milind Sathe, Senior Advocate a/w Ms. Oorja Dhond i/by Ms. Komal Punjabi, Advocates for Respondent Nos.2 to 12 and 18. Ms. Anjali Maskar i/b Mr. P. G. Lad for Respondent Nos. 13 and 14-MHADA. Mr. Ashish Kamat, Senior Advocate a/w Ms. Pallavi Bali, Mr. Parag Kabadi and Ms. Anshita Sethi i/by T. D. Deshmukh, Advocates for Respondent No.15. CORAM: SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR, CJ. & SUMAN SHYAM, J. Reserved on : 19th January 2026 Pronounced on : 08th April 2026 JUDGMENT Per, Shree Chandrashekhar, CJ : The Altamount Road Area Citizens Committee which is represented through its Chairman, namely, Captain Ashok Batra and one Bhuvneshwari Kumari Jadeja who claimed herself to be a Committee Member have filed this public interest litigation raising certain issues relating to the construction of a building over 21, Altamount Road, Mumbai. The petitioners state that the permissions, concessions, approvals and sanctions granted by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and its officers in favor of 1 PIL-74-2013.doc 15th respondent- M/s Krishna and Company are ar