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Give Adarsh building to defence authorities: Court
Thursday March 22, 2012 09:54:01 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai:
The Bombay High Court Thursday suggested to the promoters and
members of the Adarsh Housing Society to hand over the
controversial 31-storey building to the defence authorities
because it posed threat to the sensitive installations in the
city.
A division bench of Justices P.B. Majmudar and R.D. Dhanuka also
asked the members to follow the footsteps of the Father of the
Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, to realize their "mistake" and give the
building to the defence authorities.
"There is nothing wrong in accepting the mistake and surrendering
before the law. You are not murders or terrorists or criminals.
You may have committed a mistake, but there can be a change of
heart," the judges observed.
Reiterating that the security of the nation was of prime
importance, Justice Majmudar said: "We need to learn from terror
attacks and they have already come up to the Taj Mahal Hotel.
"Tomorrow, they may attack sensitive defence establishments...
It's a serious matter, should not be taken lightly."
Invoking Gandhi, who never coveted any money or materialistic
possessions, the court said that in future, people would remember
such politicians who had the courage to accept their mistake.
The ministry of defence has already filed a plea demanding that
the building could pose a security threat and should be handed
over to the authorities.
The judges also wanted to know how the BrihanMumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC) and Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development
Authority (MMRDA) did not seek a no objection certificate from the
defence authorities for the building.
"The land is very close to defence installations and before
granting clearance they should have considered the security
aspects," the judges said, and directed both the civic bodies to
explain their position on this point at the next hearing April 30.
The investigations into the Adarsh scam have picked up speed with
as many as seven arrests, including that of a retired army
official and top bureaucrats, after the high court recently pulled
up the investigating agencies for their slack probe.
The judges nodded their approval at the progress and expressed
faith that the investigations would be completed soon.
The high court has been hearing a bunch of public interest
litigations filed by social activists Simpreet Singh and Pravin
Wagegaonkar.
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