India, Aug. 4 -- The Bombay High Court last week upheld an interim arbitral award granted to the heirs of the owner of a plot of land in Thane which was acquired in 1951 for building a protective wall along the Tansa pipeline. The court dismissed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) petition challenging the arbitral award of Rs.14.15 crore granted by the sole arbitrator appointed in the case, saying, "The court cannot be oblivious to the hard facts that the collector passed the award almost 75 years ago, and the land owners are yet to be paid compensation."

The BMC had challenged the interim arbitral award passed in favor of the respondents Kekobad Dossabhoy Doongriwalla and Khorshed Navzar Wadia, the legal heirs of the origina...