The Economic Times

Redevelopment dispute between landlord and tenant: HC asks tenant to pay Rs 5 lakh for using elite form of coercion and extortion against landlord

Bombay High Court dismissed a tenant's plea to recognize a new builder in a redevelopment case. The court found no contract between the new builder and the landlord. It deemed the tenants' action an 'elite form of coercion and extortion'. The court imposed Rs 5 lakh costs on the tenants for abusing the legal process.