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Developers Should Mandatorily Display Sanction Plan Of Project At The Site Says SC [Read Judgment]

By LawStreet News Network      05 October, 2018 12:00 AM      0 Comments
Developers Should Mandatorily Display Sanction Plan Of Project At The Site Says SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court in a recent case of Ferani Hotels Pvt. Ltd. v. the State Information Commissioner Greater Mumbai & Ors has made it mandatory for developers to display the sanction plan at the site of the proposed project.

A Bench comprising of JusticesKurian Joseph and Sanjay Kishan Kaul took up the matter which came before it in an appeal involving the disclosure of information under the Right to Information Act, 2005, regarding the plans submitted to public authorities by a developer of a project.

In this case, Nusli Neville Wadia (respondent) the sole administrator of the estate and effects of late EF Dinshaw, entered into a Development Agreement in 1995 with the appellant, Ferani Hotels Private Limited for carrying out the development on three plots of land. A Power of Attorney was also executed to this effect.

However, disputes arose between the parties in 2008 and Wadia terminated the Power of Attorney and Development agreement.

Wadia filed an application in December 2012 under Section 6(1) of the RTI Act, 2005, seeking certified copies of all PR cards, plans and amendments therein submitted by Ferani Hotels, all Layouts, Sub-Division Plans and amendments to it from time to time, development plans and reports submitted to the Municipal Commissioner and his approvals on the same in relation to the aforesaid plots.

The Public Information Officer (PIO) and the First Appellate Authority refused to divulge all the information sought and allowed the application only partly. However, the State Information Commission allowed the application in full observing that the development of property concerns public interest.

Thereafter, the appellant filed a writ petition in Bombay High Court which was dismissed with the High Court holding that the information sought in the application was part of public record and had to be revealed in public interest.

Aggrieved by the Bombay High Court order, the appellant approached the Supreme Court.



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