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Mumbai:
The Bombay High Court at this time directed Shiv Sena chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut to file his reply to actor Kangana Ranaut’s petition towards the demolition of part of her workplace in Mumbai by the BMC.
A bench of Justices SJ Kathawalla and RI Chagla additionally directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) H-ward officer Bhagyawant Late to file his reply to the plea.
Bhagyawant Late had signed the demolition discover served to Ms Ranaut on September 7.
On Tuesday, Ms Ranaut’s lawyer senior counsel Birendra Saraf submitted within the courtroom a DVD containing a speech through which Raut allegedly made a remark threatening the actor.
Following this, the excessive courtroom bench had permitted Ms Ranaut to make each Sanjay Raut and Bhagyawant Late events to the case.
On Thursday, the bench stated it should start ultimate listening to within the case on Friday.
Sanjay Raut’s counsel Pradeep Thorat requested for extra time to file the reply, saying the Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha member is presently in New Delhi.
BMC’s senior counsel Anil Sakhre additionally sought extra time for Late to file his reply.
Justice Kathawalla stated the bench will start listening to the petitioner (Kangana Ranaut) on Friday and Sanjay Raut might file his reply anytime earlier than his flip to place forth his arguments within the courtroom.
The bench, nevertheless, directed the BMC to file the reply on Bhagyawant Late’s behalf by Monday, saying it couldn’t delay the listening to.
“We cannot leave the demolished house the way it is. The building is demolished partly, and in the heavy monsoon, we cannot leave it in this state. We will start hearing the petitioner tomorrow,” the bench stated.
Kangana Ranaut, in her plea filed within the excessive courtroom on September 9, sought that the demolition carried out by the BMC at her Pali Hill bungalow (workplace) be declared unlawful.
She subsequently amended her plea to demand Rs two crore as damages from the civic physique and its officers.
In her plea, she alleged that the BMC had demolished the bungalow (workplace) out of private vendetta, since she had made some feedback antagonistic to the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra authorities.
The BMC in its affidavit filed within the excessive courtroom denied the allegation.
In the affidavit filed by advocate Joel Carlos, the BMC stated Kangana Ranaut had carried out unlawful structural adjustments and repairs on the bungalow, and the civic officers have been merely following the legislation in demolishing unauthorised parts of the construction.
The civic physique had urged the excessive courtroom to dismiss Ranaut’s plea and to impose a value on her.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is printed from a syndicated feed.)
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