Jayant Achyut Sathe vs Joseph Bain D'Souza And Ors

The Supreme Court directed the Bombay High Court to reconsider the legality of Regulation 33(7) of the Development Control Regulations, 1991, which was amended in 1999, as the High Court had failed to address the core issues raised in the Public Interest Litigation. The Court noted that the High Court's appointment of Committees to investigate related matters did not substitute for a judicial decision on the legality of the regulation. The Supreme Court emphasized the need for the High Court to examine the specific challenges to the amended regulation and allowed the parties to present their arguments regarding the maintainability of the writ petitions.