India, Oct. 25 -- The Bombay High Court has refused to stall the redevelopment of the controversial Pratibha Tower in the upscale Breach Candy area of south Mumbai. It has allowed the housing society, now known as Saidale Cooperative Housing Society, to proceed with redevelopment as approved by its general body on June 14.

Pratibha Tower, a 36-storey building whose construction began in 1984, was demolished due to a major real estate scandal involving allegations of irregularities in floor space index (FSI) consumption. Investigations had revealed that the builder had allegedly overstated the plot area, resulting in an unauthorised increase in permissible FSI. This was one of the first major corruption-related scandals in Mumbai's real e...