Commercial Electricity Connection Alone Insufficient to Claim Commercial Slum Rehabilitation Tenement: Bombay High Court
In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court has clarified that possessing a commercial electricity connection alone does not qualify a hutment for commercial slum rehabilitation. The court dismissed a challenge filed by Ganpat Krishna Parte, who had claimed that his hutment, Hut No. 55 in a slum rehabilitation project, deserved recognition as a commercial structure and entitled him to a commercial rehabilitation tenement. Justice Amit Borkar emphasized that proof…
