India, Sept. 11 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday came down heavily on members of two housing societies in Virar, who had filed a review petition in the court to stall the demolition of their buildings. The bench imposed a Rs.25,000 fine on each petitioner and said that they had grossly abused the process of the law by deferring the demolition without any court's order.

A division bench of justices GS Kulkarni and Manjusha Deshpande was hearing a review petition filed by some members of the Deepanjali Cooperative Housing Society (CHS) and Pushpanjali CHS at the Diwan and Sons Housing Enclave on Ambadi Road in Vasai (West).

Their petition challenged the court's August 21 order directing them to vacate their houses and not obstruct the ...