Demolish Adarsh Society building, rules Bombay High Court

Mumbai:  Sending a strong signal against corruption, the Bombay High Court on Friday upheld a 2011 order of the Ministry of Environment, and asked the Centre to demolish the controversial 31-storeyed Adarsh Housing Society Building in south Mumbai.
“The high court has upheld the order of the ministry on January 16, 2011, to demolish the building within three months but it was challenged by the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society,” said Y.P. Singh, one of the lawyers involved in the case.
On a plea by the Society’s lawyer, the court put on hold its own orders for three months to allow the society and the state government to file an appeal against it with the Supreme Court. (IANS)