Supreme Court issues notice on plea challenging Lavasa land purchase

The Supreme Court issued a notice on a petition against permission granted to Lavasa Corporation Limited to purchase lands for the Lavasa Hill Station project in 2002.

A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna issued a notice on a plea challenging the Bombay High Court’s orders in February this year. The High Court(HC) had refused to interfere with the matter challenging the purchase of lands.

The petitioners contended before the HC that the permission given for the allotment of the lands was illegal as they were politically influenced. The allegations were against Nationalist Congress Party Chief Sharad Pawar,