India, Aug. 25 -- The Bombay High Court on Friday cleared the way for a slum rehabilitation project in Vile Parle which was being stalled by the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) officials. A local MLA had allegedly interfered with the process on behalf of a rival builder.

The division bench of justices GS Kulkarni and Arif Doctor directed the SRA to clear the remaining slum dwellers from the site and issue necessary permissions to enable the developer, Sateri Builders and Developers LLP, to proceed with the slum rehabilitation.

The developer alleged that the SRA and other state authorities were not cooperating with the slum scheme after a local MLA from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), lawmaker Parag Alavani had interfered in the ma...