India, April 26 -- A housing society in Wadala - comprising 46 buildings and 826 flats - can finally proceed with redevelopment after the Bombay High Court ruled against a builder who had sought to restrain them from appointing a new developer to execute the project. The order brings a 13-year wait to an end.

A single-judge bench of Justice Sandeep Marne noted that the residents of Sahakarnagar Cooperative Housing Society have been living in old and dilapidated buildings constructed in 1957. At stake for the residents was their far superior right to reside in safer and better homes than the petitioner's right to earn a profit from the redevelopment project, the court observed.

The order, delivered on Friday, has paved the way for the re...