India, June 30 -- The Bombay high court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by eight tenants who tried to stall the redevelopment of a dangerously dilapidated building in Malad West. The court fined them Rs.2 lakh each and reiterated that the property owner has the right to get his building redeveloped and tenants cannot oppose such a demolition.

The eight tenants had opposed their eviction and the demolition of the 100-year-old Krishna Baug Building No.1 which had been classified by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) as a C1 category building, extremely dangerous and unfit for habitation. In 2020 the BMC had issued a notice for the building's immediate demolition.

A division-bench of justices Ajey Gadkari and Kamal Khata hea...