India, Feb. 21 -- The Bombay High Court on Friday pulled up the Navy for its "failure in intelligence" while questioning how a high-rise came up unnoticed in the vicinity of INS Shikra, the maritime force's premier air station in south Mumbai. Previous hearing, on February 17, HC had ordered for an immediate halt to all construction activity at a high-rise building in Colaba located near the naval air station INS Shikra.

A bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Abhay Mantri said it was of the prima facie opinion that there has been an intelligence lapse on the part of the Navy as it failed to notice a skyscraper being constructed in the vicinity of its establishment. The court was hearing a petition filed by the Commanding Officer of INS S...