India, April 19 -- The Bombay high court on Thursday pulled up the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) for their inaction against the illegal construction of a community hall on a Ghatkopar plot reserved for a playground. The court ordered the structure's demolition and action against the erring civic officials.

In 1994, the Akhil Bhatwadi Sarvajanik Utsav Mandal, a public trust, illegally constructed a community hall on the plot and rented it out for small gatherings like an engagement, naming ceremony, etc. In December 2023, the trust demolished the hall and began a new construction. Hoardings were put up on the plot claiming that the construction of the Samaj Mand...