Observing that a series of matters are coming to court related to illegal constructions as timely action against them are not being taken and “something fundamentally goes wrong” despite several orders, the Bombay High Court pulled up the Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Corporation (BNCMC) for “lawlessness”.

The HC questioned why earnest and effective steps were not taken by the civic body to approach the civil court to vacate the status quo against a certain illegal construction in its area and said “the municipal corporation is still in a state of deep slumber”.

A division bench of Justices Girish S Kulkarni and Aarti A Sathe on October 8 was hearing a plea by one Idris Abdul Hamid Shaikh filed in 2018, who claimed to be the owner of the land in question at Temghar in Bhiwandi, which

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