Illegal construction HC rejects Sood's plea against BMC notice

    Mumbai, Jan 21 (PTI) The Bombay High Court on Thursday
dismissed an appeal and interim application filed by Bollywood
actor Sonu Sood against a BMC notice over alleged illegal
construction carried out by him at his residential building in
suburban Juhu.
    Justice Prithviraj Chavan said the court was dimissing
the appeal and application.
    Sood's lawyer Amogh Singh sought a time of 10 weeks to
comply with the notice issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC), and requested the court to direct the civic
body to not initiate demolition action.
    The court, however, refused and said the actor had
ample opportunity in the past.
    Sood approached the high court earlier this month,
challenging an order of a city civil court that dismissed his
suit against the BMC's notice over the alleged illegal
construction carried out by him.
    The actor, in an interim application, had sought an
order from the high court restraining the BMC from taking any
coercive action against his residential property in Juhu area.
    As per the BMC, Sood had carried out structural
changes in the six-storey residential building 'Shakti Sagar'
and converted it into a hotel without taking requisite
permissions. PTI SP VT
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