He had allegedly initiated internal changes within premises sans official permission from BMC.
Mumbai: Kapil Sharma has challenged the BMC’s decision to demolish supposedly illegal portions of his Versova office, by moving the Bombay high court.
Sharma, in his petition, claimed that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) notice was 'bad in law' and issued with 'malafide intentions'.
The actor-comedian had recently taken to twitter to sensationally reveal about a BMC official seeking a 5 lakh bribe from him in exchange for permission to construct the aforementioned office.
Kapil had tagged prime minister Narendra Modi’s twitter account, and had created quite a furore, until Maharshtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, intervened and promptly asked for details regarding the BMC official.
Following this, the BMC had claimed that the actor had flouted norms not only in his Versova office building but also at his apartment in suburban Goregaon.
On April 28 this year, the civic body had issued a notice to Sharma under section 351 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, claiming that certain constructions in the 18-storey residential building 'DLH Enclave' in Goregaon, in which the actor has a flat, were illegal and hence will have to be razed down.
Sharma had allegedly initiated internal changes within premises sans official permission from BMC, back in May, 2016.
The BMC had also issued a stop-work notice to Sharma for said changes, in July. An ultimatum of 24 hours had been given to the comedian to pull down illegal extensions.
This was followed by the BMC going ahead and demolishing segments in August. Source: The Asian Age
