Bombay HC Extends Relief To Sonu Sood In Alleged Illegal Construction Case
The Bombay High Court on Monday extended interim protection to Sonu Sood from coercive action by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) till January 13.
The
Bombay
High
Court
on
Monday
extended
interim
protection
to
Sonu
Sood
from
coercive
action
by
the
Brihanmumbai
Municipal
Corporation
(BMC)
till
January
13.
According
to
reports,
the
BMC
filed
for
a
case
against
the
actor
for
allegedly
making
illegal
structural
changes
to
a
residential
building
in
suburban
Juhu.
Justice
Prithviraj
Chavan,
while
adjourning
the
petition
till
January
13,
said,
"The
order
passed
by
the
lower
court
shall
continue
till
then."
On
Monday
(January
11),
BMC's
counsel
Anik
Sakhare
sought
time
to
respond
to
the
actor's
petition
while
Sood's
advocate
Amogh
Singh
sought
interim
protection
against
any
coercive
action
by
the
BMC.
Singh
also
pointed
out
that
the
actor
did
not
carry
out
any
illegal
or
unauthorised
construction
in
the
six-storey
Shakti
Sagar
building.
Meanwhile,
BMC's
counsel
claimed
that
the
residential
building
was
being
converted
into
a
hotel
without
procuring
a
license.
"A
hotel
with
24
rooms
is
being
run
in
the
six-storey
residential
building.
The
BMC
has
taken
demolition
action
on
the
property
twice...once
in
2018
and
then
in
February
2020.
But,
still
the
illegal
construction
is
on,"
Sakhare
said.
Sonu
Sood
Denied
Illegal
Construction
Allegations
Last
week,
Sood
had
denied
on
charges,
approached
High
Court
and
challenged
the
notice
issued
against
him
by
the
BMC.
Back
in
October
2020,
BMC
had
issued
a
notice
to
the
actor
for
construction
after
which
a
civil
court
in
December
2020
dismissed
the
suit
against
the
BMC's
action.
Sonu
Sood
reportedly
was
also
granted
three
weeks
time
to
file
an
appeal.
Sonu
Sood
Runs
A
Residential
Hotel
In
Juhu
Justice
Prithviraj
Chavan
also
asked
Sonu
Sood's
advocate
to
come
clean.
"Are
you
conducting
hotel
business
without
license?
You
should
come
to
the
court
with
clean
hands.
If
not,
then
you
will
have
to
face
consequences,"
he
said.
To
which
Singh
revealed
that
Sood
is
not
conducting
a
hotel
business,
but
is
running
"a
residential
hotel
in
which
flats
are
rented
out
to
people".
Sonu
Sood
Will
Be
Seen
In
Kisaan
Notably,
Sonu
Sood
garnered
a
lot
of
limelight
amid
the
pandemic
in
2020
for
his
philanthropy
work
in
helping
migrants
reach
their
homes
during
the
COVID-19
lockdown.
Sonu
recently
announced
that
he
will
be
returning
to
screen
with
a
new
film
titled,
Kisaan.