India, Nov. 20 -- The Bombay High Court has criticised a flat owner, a developer, for obstructing the redevelopment of a dilapidated building in Borivali, stressing that a lone dissenting flat owner cannot block a project approved by the overwhelming majority of residents, and noting that he had initiated a "series of unsuccessful litigations" after losing the redevelopment bid, solely to delay the project.

The case concerns Borivali Amita Co-operative Housing Society, a building that was constructed in the 1980s and declared unsafe in 2021. Subsequently, the society invited bids for redevelopment. Rajendra Builders, the dissenting flat owner's firm, submitted a proposal, but it was rejected and one Balaji Padmavati Developer was appoint...