New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) today sought an urgent hearing before the Supreme Court in its challenge to the Bombay High Court's judgment directing the constitution of a high-level committee to examine the issuance of 935 notices under Section 79-A of the MHAD Act.
The matter was mentioned before a Bench comprising Justices Surya Kant, Joymalya Bagchi, and Vipul M. Pancholi by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who urged for an expedited hearing in view of the monsoon.
"The finding of the High Court is that MHADA is not competent to demolish dilapidated buildings. The urgency is that because of heavy rains, some buildings have started collapsing, so we would be praying for a stay of the...