In what could be termed as a breather to the occupants of the controversial Adarsh Society in South Mumbai, the Bombay High Court on Thursday observed that since the Supreme Court has directed all cases pertaining to environment law to be heard by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Adarsh case will automatically stand transferred to NGT.
A division bench of Justice DD Sinha and KK Tated made this observation while hearing the plea made by the Society which is seeking transfer of its petition challenging the demolition order passed against it by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to NGT.
“Why should we pass an order to that effect, if the there is a direction of the Supreme Court? The case automatically stands transferred,” Mr. Sinha said.
However, advocate Som Sinha who is appearing for the central government told the court that the government is against the transfer of the case and asked the court to hear their arguments before transferring the case to NGT. The court will hear the argument on December 18.
The 31-storey Adarsh CHS was originally planned for the wives and families of army personnel who were killed in the Kargil War. But the flats in the CHS were also given to civilians and also to officers in the defence who were not related to the Kargil war.
Former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan had to resign from his post after it was learnt that his relatives own a flat in the said society. One of the promoters of the society and former Congress MLC Kanhaiyalal Gidwani passed away last month. Former CM of Maharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh, another accused in the scam, also passed away three months ago.
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Sure fire way for everyone to get away. As a symbol and deterrent for
others it should be brought down.Otherwise it will be business as
usual.Break the laws and then regularize by token penalty!!
The bigwigs who initiated one of the biggest scandals and grand scam have at last managed to secure the protection of the Law and are likely to get away with their perfidy.The matter may drag for a long time in courts (or may be short circuited) but it is a GIVEN that our very own REGULARIZATION RAJ will act with alacrity and furnish all clearances although these are ultra vires the Law and the Building will be allowed to be occupied.Why then Did the GOVERNMENT penalize the PRATIBHA Society which had also built a high rise flouting all laws?Strange are the ways of our Law Makers and the Laws that they Make.
Nothing is going to happen to any one in the ADARRSH. When last time any
one is punished for graft,corruption or thuggery?
Adarsh socity corruption is left high and dry,,,,two main accused have died......the Jawans whose families should have got the flats have also died.....only the kins of corrupt and kins of Jawan who gave their life for country are left............will there be justice?? NOT IN BHARAT DESH....
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