India, Nov. 4 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday slammed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over its "symptomatic treatment" of recurring complaints of foul odour emanating from the Kanjurmarg dumping ground, and warned that it may be compelled to pass drastic orders.

Residents could not be made to suffer from "perpetual pollution", a division bench of justices GS Kulkarni and Dr Neela Gokhale said, and appointed three advocates as amici curiae to assist the court in identifying effective measures to address the problem.

The remarks were made after advocate Abhijeet P Rane, representing the residents of Kannamwar Cooperative Housing Society in Vikhroli, told the court that the problem remained unresolved, forcing residents to...