New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to deposit Rs.646.78 crore with the court by 6 November in its dispute with Reliance Industries Ltd over construction delays at the Jio World Convention Centre project.

A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu passed the order while hearing MMRDA's challenge to an April 2026 Bombay High Court judgment that directed it to refund the amount to Reliance.

The top court issued notice to Reliance, seeking its response to the allegations raised by MMRDA in its appeal against the high court judgment. The next hearing is scheduled for 18 November.

The dispute concerns a 75,000-square-metre plot allotted by MMRDA to Re...