Supreme Court of India

Dipak Kumar Mukherjee v. Kolkata Municipal Corporation and Others

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Reported as [2012] 10 S.C.R. 757
Bench G.S. Singhvi and Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya JJ.
Decided 8 October 2012

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the competent authority of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation should take appropriate decision under the provisions of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act and Building Rules framed thereunder while dealing with the allegations of unauthorized construction in respect of any building.

Judgment, page 22

From the headnote

Ko/kata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 - ss. 396 - Kolkata Municipal Corporation Building Rules, 1990 - r.25(2) - Construction of building - In violation of the plan sanctioned under the Act - Unauthorised construction continued despite the order of Municipal Corporation for demolition of such construction - Writ petition challenging the unauthorized construction - Single Judge of High Court directed demolition of such construction - The builder completed the construction and filed application for regularization thereof - /so filed appeal against order of Single Judge - Division Bench of

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