India, Aug. 27 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday dismissed two public interest litigations (PILs) that sought to bar the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) from commercially developing 24 acres of reclaimed land at Bandra. The plot was previously part of land given to the MSRDC for construction of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link.

A division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandeep Marne held that the restrictions imposed in the 1999 and 2000 environmental clearances for the Bandra-Worli Sea Link project, prohibiting residential or commercial use of reclaimed land, no longer apply because the land today lies outside the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) under the 2019 framework.

The ruling clears the way for MSR...