The Bombay High Court on 23 October 2026 dismissed two Bhendi Bazaar acquisition challenges: MRTP public-purpose land need not be formally reserved under the development plan.
Judge / Bench — Manish Pitale and Shreeram V. Shirsat, JJ.
It treated cluster renewal as public purpose and preserved the landowners’ statutory compensation remedy.
Advocates appearing — Both petitions’ petitioners: Sagheer A. Khan with Sauda Nachan, Insha Shaikh, Aqil Khan, Dawood Khan, Afsha Khan, Tasmiya Siddique, Aleze Kodare and Gufran, instructed by Judicature Law Associates. WP4762/2024 respondents 1–3: Dr. Milind Sathe, Advocate General, with Usha Rahi, AGP; WP2997/2021 respondents 5–9: Dr. Milind Sathe, Advocate General, with Manish Upadhye, AGP. WP4762/2024 respondents 4 and 7, BMC: Pooja Khandeparkar with K. H. Mastakar, instructed by Komal Punjabi; WP2997/2021 respondents 1–2, BMC: K. H. Mastakar. WP4762/2024 respondents 5–6, MHADA, and WP2997/2021 respondents 3–4: Muralidharan Kalathil, instructed by P. G. Lad. WP4762/2024 respondent 8: Abdul Hafeez Yakub Kotwala. WP4762/2024 respondent 9 and WP2997/2021 respondent 10: Dr. Birendra Saraf, Senior Advocate, with Pralhad Paranjpe, Ammar Faizullabhoy, Fatema Kachwalla, Maitri Dedhia and H Saifee.