India, May 1 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday upheld a notice issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for the demolition of an industrial shed in Kurla's Bail Bazar, stating that an unauthorised structure cannot be tolerated or protected.

"It is settled law that illegality is incurable," a division bench of Justice AS Gadkari and Justice Kamal Khata said while rejecting a petition jointly filed by Siesta Industrial & Trading Corporation and two other units operating out of Bharat Coal Compound in Kurla West. They had approached the high court after the BMC issued a notice in December 2022 and an order for demolition of the industrial shed in March 2023.

The petitioners contended that the shed, spread over around 1773...