Sonu Sood strikes HC in opposition to BMC discover for unlawful development

Bollywood actor Sonu Sood has approached the Bombay High Court, difficult a discover issued in opposition to him by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for allegedly finishing up structural adjustments to a residential constructing in suburban Juhu with out permission.
Sood, in his petition filed final week by means of advocate D P Singh, stated he has not carried out any “illegal or unauthorised” development within the six-storey Shakti Sagar constructing.
A single bench of Justice Prithviraj Chavan will hear the petition on Monday.
“The petitioner (Sood) has not made any changes in the building that warrant permission from the BMC. Only those changes that are allowed under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning (MRTP) Act have been done,” Singh stated.

The petition has sought that the court docket quash and put aside the discover issued by the BMC in October final yr, and an interim aid of no coercive motion to be initiated in opposition to the actor.

Last yr, after receiving the discover from the BMC, the actor approached a civil court docket, however did not get aid following which he filed an enchantment within the excessive court docket.
The BMC final Monday filed a grievance on the Juhu police station, in search of an FIR to be lodged in opposition to Sood for allegedly changing the residential constructing right into a lodge with out permission.
The grievance letter was despatched to the police after the BMC inspected the constructing and located that Sood had allegedly not complied with the requisitions and was persevering with unauthorised development even after the discover was served to him in October final yr.

The police are but to register FIR within the case.
Sood, who is understood for his roles in movies like “Dabangg”, “Jodha Akbar” and “Simmba”, got here into highlight final yr for his philanthropy work in serving to migrants attain their houses in the course of the COVID-19 lockdown. PTI SP GK GK