Sonu Sood Moves SC Against Bombay HC's Order On BMC's Illegal Construction Notice
Sonu Sood and his wife Sonali Sood, have filed a petition in the Supreme Court and challenged Bombay High Court's order to dismiss the actor's appeal against BMC's notice
Sonu
Sood
and
his
wife
Sonali
Sood,
have
filed
a
petition
in
the
Supreme
Court
and
challenged
Bombay
High
Court's
order
to
dismiss
the
actor's
appeal
against
BMC's
notice.
BMC
reportedly
has
alleged
that
the
actor
has
illegally
converted
his
residential
building
in
Mumbai's
Juhu
area
into
a
hotel.
Meanwhile,
Sood
in
his
petition
has
stated
that
his
application
for
conversion
has
been
approved
by
the
Municipal
Commissioner
subject
to
Maharashtra
Coastal
Zone
Management
Authority
(MCZMA)
permission.
The
Bombay
High
Court
dismissed
Sonu
Sood's
plea
on
January
13,
2021.
While
dismissing
the
actor's
appeal
and
application,
the
court
said,
"Law
helps
only
those
who
are
diligent."
Sood's
lawyer
had
requested
the
court
to
order
a
stay
on
the
demolition
action.
He
had
also
sought
10
weeks
time
to
comply
with
the
notice
issued
by
the
Brihanmumbai
Municipal
Corporation
(BMC)
in
October
last
year.
Sood
in
his
petition
to
the
Supreme
Court
has
stated
that
the
order
was
passed
'without
considering
the
provisions
of
Section
43
(1)
of
the
Maharashtra
Regional
and
Town
Planning
Act,
1966'.
It
also
said
that
Sood
had
filed
an
application
for
conversion
of
residential
premises
into
a
residential
hotel
in
2018
before
the
concerned
department.
"The
petitioners
have
already
stopped
the
work
of
internal
renovation
which
require
no
permission
as
per
the
provisions
of
Section
43
of
Maharashtra
Regional
and
Town
Planning
Act,
1966,
therefore,
the
respondents
may
kindly
be
restrained
from
demolition
of
the
renovation
work
already
done
in
the
building," the
plea
added.
Earlier
this
month,
Sood
had
approached
the
high
court,
challenging
an
order
of
city
civil
court
at
Dindoshi.
The
civil
court
had
dismissed
his
suit
against
the
BMC's
notice
issued
over
the
alleged
illegal
construction
carried
out
by
him.