India, May 27 -- The Supreme Court on May 13, issued a show cause notice to two developers overseeing the slum rehabilitation project at Mori Road, Mahim (West). This came in response to the contempt petition filed by the legal heir of one of the hutments, who did not receive transit rent, as per the law.

On December 27, 2021, Sadiqa Ali Abbas requested the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) to record her name as the legal heir of her deceased grandmother, Sajadibegam Sayyad Majid, whose name was recorded in Annexure - II of the Slum Rehabilitation Scheme of Navkiran Co-operative Housing Society.

Annexure-ll of the scheme determines the eligibility of slum dwellers for rehabilitation, who are entitled to transit rent- a compensation fo...