Overview
- The Supreme Court on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, dismissed an appeal by activist Santosh Daundkar and declined to upset a September 2025 NGT order that had already rejected his challenge.
- Records before the courts show a January 3, 2025 MCZMA clearance, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai plan approval from November 7, 2024, and an Indian Remote Sensing Centre certification treating the site as CRZ-II.
- The approved work is limited to adding seventh and eighth residential floors above an existing six-storey structure with no horizontal expansion, a scope the tribunals found permitted under CRZ-II rules for developed urban coast.
- Daundkar had alleged legacy CRZ breaches, unauthorized demolition of heritage structures, a change in land use from a proposed art gallery, and that projects over ₹5 crore need central ministry clearance, but the courts said he had not shown legal infirmity in the fresh approvals.
- With clearances intact, construction may proceed under existing approvals and the ruling underscores judicial deference to statutory certifications; watch for any further administrative or heritage-permit disputes that could affect timing or scope of work.