HC dismisses Leela Group appeals against AAI eviction proceedings in Mumbai
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has dismissed appeals filed by the Leela Group against eviction proceedings initiated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) over its Mumbai plots leased out for building a hotel. The court observed that the lease period expired long ago, and eviction was not an issue amenable to arbitration under the lease agreement between AAI and Leela. Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan dismissed the Leela Group’s appeals and imposed costs of Rs 10 lakh to be paid in four weeks to AAI. The judge cited Leela’s “prolonged enjoyment” of the expired leasehold land and his “assessment of the…