Overview
- The Bombay High Court, ruling Tuesday, set aside MHADA’s October 2025 stop-work notice and ordered occupancy certificates for two Worli residential towers near INS Trata.
- The judges said demanding a Navy no‑objection certificate near completion was unlawful and added that such requirements cannot be applied selectively.
- The court found the site sits beyond INS Trata’s security limits under a 2022 Defence Ministry circular that requires an NOC only for work within 50 meters.
- MHADA’s earlier commencement certificates and permissions were upheld as valid, so officials could not halt the sanctioned project for a late-stage NOC demand.
- One building that will rehouse 72 members of the Prabhadevi Indraprastha housing society is complete and the second is nearing completion, clearing the way for families to occupy homes once certificates issue.