India, May 27 -- The Bombay high court has disposed of a petition challenging a demolition notice issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to the owners of a Mercedes Benz workshop in Shivsagar Estates in Worli. The court directed the civic body to demolish the illegal portion of the workshop but stayed the demolition for two weeks to allow the petitioners to approach the apex court.

According to the petition, Satish Chand Anand, 83, and Sudeep Satish Anand, 49, are partners in a firm called Modern Paint and Auto Corporation, which operates a workshop for Mercedes Benz cars on Dr Annie Besant Road. The structure housing the workshop was surveyed by the BMC on April 1, 1962, when the so-called illegal extension was allowed t...