The Bombay High Court asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Friday whether it always acts with the same swiftness to demolish other unauthorised structures as it did with actor Kangana Ranaut’s bungalow, the Hindustan Times reported. The court was hearing Ranaut’s plea against the demolition, which includes her demand for Rs 2 crore in damages.
The court also asked how the ground floor of the structure was demolished, even though there were no alterations made to it as per the inspection report of the BMC, Live Law reported. It also asked BMC why it did not proceed against Ranaut under provisions of the law that would have required it to provide the actor sufficient time to respond to the charges against her.
The court’s observations came after Ranaut’s lawyer Birendra Saraf told it that the BMC had invoked Section 354 (A) of the Mumbai Municipal…