In a fresh setback for India's tallest skyscraper, Palais Royale at Worli, the Bombay high court on Wednesday held that the 13 upper floors of the 56-storey building as well as a 15-storey public parking tower next to it were "completely illegal". [...]
The builder also sought to claim that the tower with 900 parking spaces was in public interest. The HC disagreed, saying "but for the incentive FSI (that the developer could claim) they would not have constructed it for social service".
— The Times of India
H/T CTBUH.
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the comment section of that article is on fire!
user "Corrupt quit India" says: The High Court has left window for giving bribe money to BMC and High Court to get permission. BMC is most corrupt body and money will change hands from builders to BMC and judiciary and every one see every thing is in order and safe after money changing hands. IN BANANA COUNTRY EVERY THING IS POSSIBLE.
off with his head!
^+++
I use to work for an Indian firm in the U.S. - they have a different culture - very unreasonable people
As the bastard to devote those 13 non-legit floors to low-income families.
Xenakis, how do you mean?
impossible demands
^ Don’t mean to pile on, but I did a lot of expert witness work over the years…the toughest were two cases involving and Indian doctor and the other an engineer…when those guys dig their heals in not even hell freezing over stops those guys…probably the only two cases I saw go to jury trials…they don’t get the concept of compromise or settling….that’s what Xenakis means.
Maybe true in the US, but in India, without compromise, the country would stop.
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