{"id":52629,"date":"2018-05-03T17:59:01","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T12:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=52629"},"modified":"2018-05-03T17:59:01","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T12:29:01","slug":"bmc-needs-to-follow-due-process-of-law-to-take-over-priyadarshini-park-says-bombay-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bmc-needs-to-follow-due-process-of-law-to-take-over-priyadarshini-park-says-bombay-high-court","title":{"rendered":"BMC needs to follow due process of law to take over Priyadarshini park, says Bombay High Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/bmc.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" data-attachment-id=\"52631\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bmc-needs-to-follow-due-process-of-law-to-take-over-priyadarshini-park-says-bombay-high-court\/bmc\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/bmc.jpg?fit=764%2C539&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"764,539\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bmc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/bmc.jpg?fit=640%2C452&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-52631\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/bmc.jpg?resize=300%2C212&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/bmc.jpg?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/bmc.jpg?resize=142%2C100&amp;ssl=1 142w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/bmc.jpg?w=764&amp;ssl=1 764w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>In a landmark decision, the Bombay High Court on Thursday said that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) cannot take possession of the 20-acre Priyadarshini Park in south Mumbai without following the due process of law.<\/p>\n<p>The park, situated on the Nepean Sea road, is being maintained since 1985 by the Malabar Hill Citizens&#8217; Forum.<\/p>\n<p>In April last year, the civic body had passed an order, seeking to take possession of the park and to evict the forum.<\/p>\n<p>The order was passed in accordance with a recent policy by which the BMC decided to take over all public parks and gardens, including those entrusted to private trusts for maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>The Malabar Hill Citizens&#8217; Forum had approached the high court challenging the April 2017 order of the BMC.<\/p>\n<p>After hearing arguments in the case, a division bench of Justices A S Oka and Riyaz Chagla today opined that the impugned order was passed without following due process of law.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The petitioner cannot be evicted in such a manner. 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