The Supreme Court on Tuesday initiated contempt of court proceedings against the Municipal Commissioner of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). A three-member bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana issued a show cause notice to the BMC Commissioner on Tuesday. Chief Justice Surya Kant asked whether BMC officials were in collusion with the encroachers? Doesn’t this show that your officials are in collusion? We will send them to jail, then they will understand the importance of the Supreme Court order. The matter pertains to the removal of encroachment from the land earmarked for the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) bus stand. Questions were raised on the intentions of BMC officials. 5 big arguments… The court got angry on the plea of translation of Marathi documents. During the hearing, BMC argued that the local authorities need to get the Marathi documents translated into English before taking action to remove the encroachment. The Supreme Court expressed strong displeasure on this. Justice Bagchi questioned that the officer who filed the affidavit was Dr. Tambe. Should the court accept that he does not know Marathi language? The matter is related to removal of encroachment from the bus station land. This dispute is related to the land of a public BEST bus station in Borivali, Mumbai. There is a legal dispute going on between BMC and a private developer regarding this land for many years. On August 13, 2025, the Supreme Court had directed the private developer to hand over the vacant and peaceful possession of the concerned plot including the administrative building to BMC. The court had given three months time to BMC. During this time, BMC had to take possession of the land, remove the remaining encroachments as per law and make the bus station fully operational. However, the Supreme Court had expressed serious displeasure over encroachment not being removed from the land by 13 November 2025. The court had directed the BMC Commissioner to file a personal affidavit. —————– Also read this news… Claim- Part of Ajay Devgan’s bungalow demolished in Mumbai: BMC’s action due to illegal construction after notice. Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has taken action against alleged construction without permission in actor Ajay Devgan’s bungalow in Juhu. According to ANI report, the Municipal Corporation has demolished the construction done in the bungalow. Read the full news…
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