India, Oct. 24 -- The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed two petitions challenging the legal validity of a regulation under the Development Control and Promotion Regulations 2034 (DCPR) under which the Bhendi Bazar cluster development scheme was executed by the Saifee Burhani Upliftment Trust (SBUT).

The petitioners, themselves beneficiaries of the scheme executed on 66,264.72 sq m land, had urged the court to quash the orders under which their land was acquired in 2019, and the 2020 notice for taking possession of their property. A division bench of Justices MS Karnik and Shreeram Shirsat turned down the petitions, saying they were "wholly misdirected" and "based on a misunderstanding of the concept of public purpose".

The petitione...