Bombay High Court Clears Kanjurmarg Land Transfer for Metro Line 6 Depot

The Bombay High Court has dismissed a challenge to the Maharashtra government’s transfer of 15 hectares at Kanjurmarg to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority for the Metro Line 6 car depot.

A Bench led by Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar held that the petitioner lacked locus standi, as the lease over the salt pan land had been terminated in 2004 and expired in 2016. In the absence of a subsisting right, the Court refused to exercise its writ jurisdiction.

The Court also noted that the Union government had resolved its ownership dispute with the State.

All interim restraints on the project now stand vacated. 

[Mahesh Garodia v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.]