ILLEGALLY CONSTRUCTED SWETAMBAR JAIN TEMPLE TO BE RAZED IN MUMBAI
The Bombay High Court has asked the Mumbai Municipal Corporation to demolish an illegal Jain temple in Jagdusha Nagar, Ghatkopar (east), in eight weeks. Following a public interest litigation filed by a resident, Satish Bane, the division bench of acting Chief Justice A. P. Shah and Justice S.U. Kamdar reprimanded the BMC for not taking any action against the illegal temple despite court orders.The judges rejected a plea by advocate A Y Thackeray who appeared for the trustees Shri Shwetambar Murti Poojak Tapogachh Jain Sang Pedhi. “We are trying to get the temple legalised and an application is pending with the Maharashtra government.” The BMC informed the court that the temple was illegally constructed in 1998 and it had issued orders for demolition under section 351. Bane said that the area where the temple was being constructed was reserved for a recreational ground and a playground. The plot belonged to the Jagdusha Nagar Plot Owners Association, an association of 40 buildings in the area. Bane said that the trustees had illegally constructed the temple.

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