Palais Royale India s tallest building s fate in HC hands. BMC set to take hammer to JK House at Breach Candy

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1 Palais Royale India s tallest building s fate in HC hands BMC set to take hammer to JK House at Breach Candy Infrawindow News Bureau Mumbai Aug. 23, 2012, 12:53 PM The Bombay High Court will decide the fate of Palais Royale at Worli naka-touted to be India's tallest building. A PIL filed by NGO Janhit Manch, seeking a stay on the constructuion, has alleged violation of rules in the proposed luxury building where flats are between 8,000 and 14,000 sq ft each. "If the rules have not been followed, then the building has to go," argued senior advocate Navroz Seervai, who along with advocate Jamshed Mistry represented the petitioner. The Times Of India TNN Aug 22, 2015, AM MUMBAI: A museum offering a breathtaking view of the city from the upper floors of the controversial 37storeyed JThe news comes as the civic administration is all set to order the demolition and sealing of four refuge floors meant for fire safety, which are likely to be misused. Palais Royale, constructed by Shree Ram Urban Infrastructure Limited (SRBIL) on the land earlier owned by Shree Ram Mills Ltd, will rise to over 300 metres, while the tallest building is the twin Imperial Towers at 254 metres in Tardeo. BMC CUTS CITY'S TALLEST BUILDING TO SIZE IN COURT Mumbai Mirror Oct 11, 2012, AM IST One of south Mumbai's plushest residential projects, Palais Royale, is in deep trouble, with the BMC raising questions over the legitimacy of almost half of the skyscraper in an affidavit filed before the Bombay High Court. T he affidavit, filed in connection with a PIL by NGO Janhit Manch which has sought a stay on Palais Royale's construction, the BMC has pointed out that the building's refuge area at 5,73,165 sq ft is almost as large as its habitable area of 5,88,967 sq ft. 37

2 HC fines builder and NGO Rs 1 lakh each for delays HC to decide fate of India's 'tallest' building Dec : The Times of India (Mumbai) Shibu Thomas, TNN Aug 23, 2012, 03.10AM IST Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Monday directed Janhit Manch and the developer of Palais Royale, one of the largest residential projects in the sland city, to pay a fine of Rs 1 akh each. The NGO will pay cost for delaying the hearing of a petition by developer Shree Ram Urban Infrastructure Ltd, which was expedited by Supreme Court. The developer will pay for moving the acting Chief Justice to review his order tagging the NGO's PIL to its petition. MUMBAI: The fate of Palais Royale, the under-construction skyscraper at Worli naka-touted to be India's tallest building will be decided by the HC. A PIL filed by NGO Janhit Manch, seeking a stay on the constructuion, has alleged violation of rules in proposed luxury building where flats are between 8,000 and 14,000 sq ft each. In the original PIL by Janhit Manch, HIGH COURT ORDERS BMC TO REWORK PALAIS ROYALE S FSI challenging the plan, the HC referred it to the civic chief on certain issues.the NGO moved SC and while t was pending, the commissioner passed his order allowing certain aspects of the plan.the developer challenged this o r d e r. O n S e p t e m b e r 7, S C expedited the developer's matter. By Sunil Baghel, Mumbai Mirror May 14, 2013, AM IST Faults the developer for availing excessive FSI for the 56 storey building's refuge area, but holds a public parking lot built by the company legal The Bombay High Court on Monday delivered its judgment in an FSI violation case against Worli's Palais Royale handing the developer a small victory, but at the same time ordering the municipal commissioner to rework 56 storey skyscraper's FSI. The NGO's plea to be added as a party was rejected. It then filed a PIL challenging amendments to DC Rules regarding parking plots. 38

3 Worli skyscraper caught in mill land owner-builder dispute TNN Sep 23, 2013, AM IST MUMBAI: The decade-old land dispute between the Kasliwals, owners of the defunct Shree Ram Mill, and builder Kalpataru has now spilled over into the controversy surrounding construction of Palais Royale, one of India's tallest residential tower, at Worli Naka. storey tower. SRUIL has accused Kunte of working at the behest of Kalpataru and NGO Janhit Manch,which, it said, is a front for Kalpataru. Alleging a slew of building violations, the NGO had filed a case against SRUIL. The HC while rejecting several points raised by the NGO, directed Kunte to review excess areas in the tower. Last week, Vikas Kasliwal's Shree Ram Urban Infrastructure Ltd (SRUIL), which is building the 320m tower, filed a petition in the Bombay high court against a report by municipal commissioner S J Kunte. The report's findings could reduce the height of the under-construction 56- Though construction has already reached the 56th floor, the civic administration said that the tower had permission only up to 43 floors and that the developer had not approached it for further clearances. Blow to India's tallest skyscraper as 13 upper floors deemed illegal BMC CHIEF ASKS PALAIS ROYALE TO REWORK FSI TNN Jan 28, 2016, AM IST Mumbai Mirror Updated: Sep 1 7, 201 3, AM IST MUMBAI: 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 BMC chief has ordered the developer of Worli's Palais Royale, once touted as the city's tallest residential tower, to rework the building's floor space index. Sitaram Kunte has asked Shree Ram Urban Infrastructure Ltd (SRUIL) to include the 56-storey skyscraper's controversial refuge area and other spaces that were earlier exempted from FSI in the revised plan. A division bench of justices Abhay Oka & CV Bhadang called their construction a "brazen defiance" of rules, & has left it to the municipal commissioner to decide the fate of structures. 39

4 Bombay high court stays civic sanction to refuge areas on Palais Royale decks Bmc Wants To Seal Palais Royale s Excessive Boltholes TNN Jan 28, 2016, AM IST By Chaitany a Marpakwar, Updated: Sep 1 3, MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court, in an interim order on Friday, stayed municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta's order and restrained the BMC from sanctioning fire refuge areas on the decks of Palais Royale, India's tallest residential building, at Worli Naka. Hearing a public interest litigation filed by NGO Janhit Manch challenging the commissioner's August 2016 order, a division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice Girish Kulkarni gave the BMC three weeks to file its affidavit in the matter. City reports to Bombay High Court that Worli tower's refuge area is 74 per cent of its total builtup, and should be cut to about 25 per cent. The country's tallest residential complex Palais Royale, which allowed itself a refuge area almost three-fourths of its tremendous 5.5 lakh square metre area in Worli, will have to bring it down to about a quarter of the built-up by sealing the four refuge floors as well as the refuge pockets on every storey. BMC reworks FSI of tallest residential tower TNN Sep 17, 2013, AM IST MUMBAI: A high court-directed report prepared by the civic administration could force the developer of Palais Royale, touted as India's tallest residen-tial tower, to rework its plan. The BMC has ordered that areas exempted from the Worli Naka building's floor space index (FSI) be now counted as part of it. FSI is a ratio that determines how much can be built on a plot. The under-construction tower, planned up to 320m, was embroiled in litigation following allegations of building violations. 40

5 Builder says rival using BMC chief to scuttle skyscraper By Sunil Baghel, Mumbai Mirror Updated: Sep 20, 2013, AM IST The controversy surrounding Palais Royale, one of the city's tallest residential buildings under construction, has taken a new turn with its developer accusing Municipal Commissioner Sitaram Kunte of stalling the project at the behest of a rival real estate firm. In a petition filed at the Bombay High Court on Monday, just days after Kunte asked the developer Shree Ram Urban Infrastructure Ltd (SRUIL) to cut the 320metre tall building's size by almost half, the construction firm said the municipal commissioner is taking orders from real estate giant and its direct competitor Kalpataru Properties Private Limited. Palais Royale; (Inset) Sitaram Kunte In petition filed in high court, developer says Sitaram Kunte is taking orders from direct competitor. Mumbai's municipal commissioner finds irregularities in granting concessions to a skyscraper TNN Mar 13, 2014, PM IST MUMBAI: A wag once said that behind every skyscraper there is a crime. In Mumbai, they have proliferated in a haphazard manner over the past 15 years, mainly due to arbitrary permissions given by the local civic administration. 41

6 PAY RS 18 CRORE OR FACE ACTION: HC By Sunil Baghel, Mumbai Mirror Updated: Feb 5, 201 7, AM IST petitions in the Bombay High Court. In one such petition, the bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice MS Sonak delivered a setback to the company by asking it to deposit Rs 18 crore, failing which, the court said, a provisional liquidator would be appointed on the company. This order, though, won t be executed until the end of this month. The company behind the plush Palais Royale has time until month end to comply with the court s orders. SRUIL had, in fact, filed an appeal against a single judge s order of October last year. The judge had then directed the company to deposit Rs 5.90 crore. The company behind Worli s plush, under-construction Palais Royale, which has been embroiled in litigation for almost five years, seems to have run into financial trouble. However, Action Barter Pvt Ltd (ABPL), the company, in whose petition the order was passed, too had filed an appeal, and the Chief Justice s bench enhanced the amount to be deposited by SRUIL from Rs 5.90 crore to Rs 18 crore. According to SRUIL, there was no basis for ABPL to approach HC via a winding up petition. Shree Ram Urban Infrastructure Ltd (SRUIL), which is building the apartment complex in which duplexes are estimated to cost Rs 75 crore, is facing winding up TNN Jul 17, 2014, AM IST Three-judge SC bench to decide fate of tallest residential tower MUMBAI: The fate of India's tallest residential tower, the 300m-plus Palais Royale at Worli, will now be decided by a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court after two judges hearing the case delivered differing orders. 42