Mumbai, April 16 -- The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) commissioner offered an "unconditional apology" to the Bombay High Court on his lack of knowledge in connection with order of the Supreme Court regarding demolition of alleged illegal portions of the houses of the accused in recent communal violence case.
Kamlesh Chavan, executive engineer (Slums), NMC, on Tuesday filed the affidavit before a division bench, led by Justice Nitin Sambre, stating that it was unaware of the Supreme Court's ruling as neither the Maharashtra government nor the Nagpur civic body has issued the mandatory guidelines as directed by the Supreme Court.
The affidavit was filed in response to a petition filed by Zahirunnisa Shamim Khan, mother of prime accused...