The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition filed by 15 tenants of Irani Chawl in Prabhadevi resisting eviction, clearing the final hurdle for its redevelopment. The court said their opposition — based on a demand for 45 sq ft extra space in new flats — was “mischievous and wholly untenable,” and directed them to vacate within four weeks.

HC Bench Terms Tenants’ Demand Baseless

A bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Aarti Sathe was hearing a plea by tenants of Irani Chawl, which was built before 1940. The plot also houses a cessed building constructed in 1959. Both are owned by M/s Hill Park Properties Pvt. Ltd., which is redeveloping the land under Regulation 33(7) of the Development Control and Promotion Regulations (DCPR), 2034.

A cessed building is a property that pays a cess o

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