Twin 40-floor residential towers in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida – which house over 900 flats and were built by real estate firm Supertech – will be demolished over the violation of construction by-laws, the Supreme Court said Tuesday, as it upheld an April 2014 decision by the Allahabad High Court.
The company has said it will file a review petition against the judgement.
A two-member bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah slammed the towers’ illegal construction, which they ruled was achieved by collusion and an “unholy nexus” between Noida (New Okhla Industrial Development Area) authorities and the builders.
SC said that construction of Supertech’s twin 40 storey towers Supertech’s Emerald Court project having 915 flats and shops was done in collusion with NOIDA authority and Supertech.
In its verdict, Supreme Court said that construction of the twin towers containing around 1,000 flats in Supertech Emerald Court in Noida were done in violation of the rules and must be razed within a period of three months by Supertech at its own cost.
The apex court has also ordered that all flat owners in the twin towers in Noida be reimbursed along with 12 percent interest by Supertech.
The top court is hearing appeals of Supertech Ltd and other petitions filed by home buyers for or against the Allahabad High Court”s 2014 order directing demolition of the twin towers for being in violation of norms.
The real estate firm had moved the top court challenging the Allahabad High Court order to demolish the company”s two 40-storey towers in a Noida housing project. On April 11, 2014 the Allahabad High Court ordered the demolition of the two buildings within four months and the refund of money to apartment buyers.
The high court had also directed grant of sanction for prosecution of Supertech’s officials and New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida) officials for possible violations of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Development Act 1973 and Uttar Pradesh Apartment (Promotion of Construction, Ownership & Maintenance) Act 2010.
