India, Feb. 24 -- The Bombay high court recently struck down what it termed a "high-handed" decision of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) to cancel a no-objection certificate (NOC) for the redevelopment of a Tardeo building after construction had already reached the 10th floor.

The dispute arose from a redevelopment project of the Satyabhama Building in Tardeo. In March 2018, the property register card recorded the names of Samir Shyamsundar Thakre and Vaibhav Shyamsundar Thakre as the owners, based on which, the development agreement was executed with a construction firm, Kumar Agro Products, and MHADA granted an NOC in September 2019. Accordingly, the redevelopment project of the proposed 16 floors began an...