Bombay HC orders inspection and inquiry into 17 illegally constructed buildings in Thane
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court directed that a senior judicial officer, under full police protection, undertake an inspection of 17 buildings “illegally constructed” in Thane, observing that the case before it was one which would shock the conscience of the court. A division bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Arif Doctor said the petition filed by a senior citizen woman was “of land grabbing by a land mafia or land sharks”. The HC, which heard the petition on June 9, also directed Thane principal district judge to appoint a senior judicial officer to initiate an inquiry into the role of…