High Court Rejects Sonu Sood's Plea Against BMC's Illegal Construction Notice
The Bombay High Court on Thursday (January 21), dismissed the appeal and an interim application filed by Sonu Sood. Sood is currently amidst a legal battle with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
The
Bombay
High
Court
on
Thursday
(January
21),
dismissed
the
appeal
and
an
interim
application
filed
by
Sonu
Sood.
Sood
is
currently
amidst
a
legal
battle
with
the
Brihanmumbai
Municipal
Corporation
(BMC).
The
civil
body
has
alleged
that
the
Bollywood
actor
has
carried
out
illegal
construction
and
turned
his
residential
building
into
a
hotel.
On
Thursday,
the
court
proceeding
led
by
Justice
Prithviraj
Chavan
said,
"Law
helps
only
those
who
are
diligent,"
while
dismissing
the
actor's
appeal
and
application.
While
Sood
through
his
lawyer
Amogh
Singh
sought
for
time
of
10
weeks
to
comply
with
the
notice
issued
by
the
BMC,
the
court
stated
that
the
actor
had
ample
opportunity
in
the
past
and
if
required,
he
could
approach
the
civic
body.
"You
(Sonu
Sood)
are
too
late.
You
had
ample
opportunity.
The
ball
is
now
in
the
office
of
the
BMC...you
(Sonu
Sood)
may
approach
them," Justice
Chavan
said.
Earlier
this
month,
Sood
approached
the
high
court
after
the
city
civil
court
at
Dindoshi
had
dismissed
his
suit
against
the
BMC's
notice.
In
the
interim
application,
Sonu
Sood
had
sought
an
order
from
the
high
court
restraining
the
BMC
from
taking
any
coercive
action
against
his
residential
property
in
Juhu
area.
BMC
Has
Claimed
Sonu
Sood
Is
A
Habitual
Offender
BMC
has
claimed
that
Sonu
Sood
at
his
Juhu
property
in
Mumbai,
has
carried
out
structural
changes
in
the
six-storey
residential
building
named
Shakti
Sagar.
The
civil
body
also
claimed
that
the
residential
building
has
been
converted
into
a
hotel
without
taking
requisite
permissions.
Sonu
Sood
Has
Denied
BMC's
Allegations
Meanwhile,
Sood's
advocate
Amogh
Singh
argued,
"The
petitioner
(Sonu
Sood)
has
not
made
any
changes
in
the
building
that
warrants
permission
from
the
BMC.
Only
those
changes
that
are
allowed
under
the
Maharashtra
Regional
and
Town
Planning
(MRTP)
Act
have
been
done." Singh
revealed
to
the
court
that
the
property
has
not
been
used
as
a
hotel
but
the
actor
does
rent
the
residential
flats
in
the
building.
Sood
Claimed
He
Does
Not
Run
A
Hotel
In
Juhu
According
to
reports,
earlier
this
month,
BMC
filed
a
written
complaint
at
the
Juhu
police
station,
seeking
an
FIR
to
be
lodged
against
the
Bollywood
actor
for
allegedly
converting
the
residential
building
into
a
hotel
without
permission.
The
police
are
yet
to
register
the
FIR
in
the
case.