India, Feb. 17 -- In a security intervention, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Mumbai visit, the Bombay High Court on Monday ordered an immediate halt to all construction activity at a high-rise building in Colaba located near the naval air station INS Shikra.

The court directed that not a single worker be deployed at the under-construction Jadhavji Mansion from midnight until further orders, noting that the Prime Minister is scheduled to land at the INS Shikra helipad on Tuesday morning.

A division bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Abhay J Mantri passed the order while hearing a petition filed earlier this month by the local military authority through its Commanding Officer, alleging that the building stands barely 246 metres...