Supreme Court of India

Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (mcgm) v. Abhilash Lal & Ors.

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Reported as [2019] 14 S.C.R. 659
Bench Arun Mishra, Vineet Saran and S. Ravindra Bhat JJ.
Decided 15 November 2019

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing reasons, this court holds that the impugned order and the order of the NCLT cannot stand; they are hereby set aside.

Judgment, page 36

From the headnote

Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888 – ss.92 and 9 2A – Appellant owns inter alia , the lands in question – By contract dated 20.12.2005, one ‘SHCL’ agreed to develop these land s (to be leased to it) and construct 1500 bed hospital – Constr uction was to be completed in 60 months (excluding monsoons) whic h ended on 24.04.2013 – Lease deed was to be executed after the completion of the project – Project not completed with in the period – ‘SHCL’ had to pay lease rent at the annual rate o f ` 10,41,04,000/- –Appellant alleged defaults in the payments – Issued show cause notice on 23.01.2018,

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