Overview

• A division bench of Justices Girish S. Kulkarni and Manjusha A. Deshpande criticised the BMC’s “lethargy,” saying commuter safety is being jeopardised by the missing link between Bandra (East) station and BKC.
• Photographs placed on record showed only pillars erected with little other progress, and the bench noted the corporation had not sought any extension or provided a transparent work update.
• The order records that officials prima facie disobeyed earlier directions and asks the civic body why action should not follow for breaching assurances.
• The court directed an affidavit explaining the lapses, identified executive engineer Bipin Jadhav and assistant engineer Prashant Jawale as responsible officers, and called for a commissioner-led inquiry into their conduct.
• The petitioner, senior citizen K. P. P. Nair, had earlier secured a 15-month completion timeline in 2023 and again in 2024, yet the work remains stalled, with the next hearing fixed for September 9.