Bombay High Court Dismisses PILs Challenging Bal Thackeray Memorial at Shivaji Park

The Bombay High Court dismissed petitions challenging the construction of a memorial for Bal Thackeray at Shivaji Park in Dadar.

PIL challenged the 2017 decision to convert the Mayor’s Bungalow and an adjacent green plot at Shivaji Park, Dadar, into a memorial for Bal Thackeray, allocating ₹100 crore and granting a long-term lease.

A Division Bench upheld the state government's and BMC’s discretion, noting that all required approvals, including land re-zoning under the MRTP Act and NOCs from the Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee in 2018 and 2020, were duly obtained. 

The court dismissed the petitions, clearing the path for the memorial’s construction and funding as planned.