MUMBAI: A particular Tada court docket on Thursday directed that the three connected flats of the Tiger Memon household in Mahim’s Al Hussain constructing be handed over to Centre. A number of family members had been convicted, acquitted or are absconding within the 1993 Bombay serial blasts case, Hooked up in 1994, the flats are with the receiver, Bombay excessive court docket. Amongst these absconding is the alleged mastermind of the blasts, Tiger Memon.His brother, Yakub, who stood trial and was convicted, was hanged in 2015 – the one accused within the case to be given loss of life sentence.
All six Memon brothers lived within the constructing in some unspecified time in the future. Their mom, proprietor of one of many flats, Hanifa Memon, was acquitted and is now lifeless. Tiger and Yakub’s sister-in-law, Rubina, serving a life sentence, owns one other flat, as does Tiger’s spouse, absconding accused Shabana. The order got here after the housing society moved court docket final month, searching for amongst seven reliefs, permission to recuperate Rs 41 lakh in upkeep arrears with 18% curiosity and to have the ability to perform redevelopment or repairs because of the state of the four-decade-plus previous constructing.
Rejecting their plea, the court docket directed them to method the competent authority. “In view of the forfeiture order, the Central govt is the proprietor of the disputed properties,” particular choose VD Kedar stated. In its plea, Al Hussain Co-op Housing Society pleaded with the court docket to direct the receiver to ship its approved consultant to the location of disputed properties within the presence of the workplace bearers of the society to survey, assess, consider and make a report of the required repairs.
All six Memon brothers lived within the constructing in some unspecified time in the future. Their mom, proprietor of one of many flats, Hanifa Memon, was acquitted and is now lifeless. Tiger and Yakub’s sister-in-law, Rubina, serving a life sentence, owns one other flat, as does Tiger’s spouse, absconding accused Shabana. The order got here after the housing society moved court docket final month, searching for amongst seven reliefs, permission to recuperate Rs 41 lakh in upkeep arrears with 18% curiosity and to have the ability to perform redevelopment or repairs because of the state of the four-decade-plus previous constructing.
Rejecting their plea, the court docket directed them to method the competent authority. “In view of the forfeiture order, the Central govt is the proprietor of the disputed properties,” particular choose VD Kedar stated. In its plea, Al Hussain Co-op Housing Society pleaded with the court docket to direct the receiver to ship its approved consultant to the location of disputed properties within the presence of the workplace bearers of the society to survey, assess, consider and make a report of the required repairs.
