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Maharashtra to complete Bombay HC building bid process by December
The Maharashtra government has told the Supreme Court that the bid process for the new Bombay High Court building will be completed by the end of December. The State said structural, architectural…
The Story in Brief
The Maharashtra government has told the Supreme Court that the bid process for the new Bombay High Court building will be completed by the end of December. The State said structural, architectural and construction plans are being prepared and will take about eight weeks, followed by another eight weeks for tenders and bidder selection.
The State has handed over 23.7 acres of the proposed 30.16-acre Bandra site. Of the remaining 5.4 acres, 2.5 acres will be transferred by August 31 and the rest by December 31, Advocate General Milind Sathe told a Bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant. The project needs about 45 statutory permissions. The Supreme Court is monitoring the case because the existing 150-year-old heritage building is deteriorating.
The Indian Opinion
The easy narrative is that another public project is stuck, or that a fresh building makes heritage protection irrelevant. Neither follows from this update. The State has transferred most of the land, but deadlines have shifted before and 45 permissions remain. The real test is whether the December commitments produce a completed tender and full site transfer, not another progress statement. Will both milestones be recorded before the Supreme Court by December 31?
Source: livelaw.in
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