Renting out a terrace for wedding consider as illegal in Mumbai now

Q: Yes, and it could create safety and fire risk in the building.

Abhishek,

25th March 2016

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The judge allowed Mukadam to hold her wedding reception on the terrace but prohibited any heating or cooking of food there and restricted the stage to 10-feet height.

Balwinder Singh,

25th March 2016

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A battle between the housing society and the developer over property tax dues worth over Rs 6 croreDheeraj Heritagem at a building in Daulat Nagar, revealed how one person, allegedly known to the developer, was using the terrace as his private property to rent it out for weddings and social functions.

Kunal,

25th March 2016

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Yes, i know about this issue. The society moved the high court after the municipality issued an order of attachment last year against the building because of unpaid property tax of over Rs 6 crore from 2001 till March 31, 2011, a major chunk of dues was between 2005 and 2011.

Puneet Laskar,

25th March 2016

But the society, through its counsel Girish Godbole, that the tax had been paid to the developer, Housing Development and Improvement India Pvt Ltd and Pioneer India, who in turn had to pay the amount to the municipality, but that they had failed to do so.

Kunal,

25th March 2016

At last the society filed a case against the developer to recover that amount and also to have the building conveyed to it. It said that the terrace was illegally being rent out for weddings by one Abdul Barudgar, based on a ''purported memorandum of understanding" signed by the developer in 2005.

Puneet Laskar,

25th March 2016

But the municipality is saying that the society the building was constructed under a slum rehabilitation scheme would have to pay the dues and cannot raise a belated challenge now. The property tax dispute remains pending.

Kunal,

25th March 2016

Yes, the Bombay high court has observed, bringing to an end a long run of unauthorised roof-top receptions in a commercial building in Santacruz (west). Now it will be considered as illegal and you have to pay penalty for it.

Balwinder Singh,

25th March 2016

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Right Balwinder.
And this case come into limelight when a bride-to-be, Fazila Mukaddam, beseeched the high court on day before yesterday. Justice S J Kathawalla who made sure that all future rentals were cancelled, allowed one last wedding party to ride up the elevator on March 26, on purely humanitarian grounds, given the short of time for her family to book an alternative marriage reception hall.

Puneet Laskar,

25th March 2016