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NGT Bench fined Rs 3 crore 48 lakh to Dudhwala Group of Mumbai for its Rock Corner building project

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National Green Tribunal bench has ordered to file criminal cases against BMC officials for environmental degradation

MUMBAI: The National Green Tribunal Bench, Pune has ordered the developer Dudhwala Group of the Rock Corner building, at Belasis Road, near Bus Depot, Mumbai Central East, to pay the fine of Rs 3.48 crores within two months for granting construction permission to the said project from the Building Permit Department of Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC), without obtaining the permission of the Environment Department. The NGT bench has also instructed to file criminal charges against the municipal officials who granted construction permission to the developer. In its order NGT Bench said, “If the permission for construction was given wrongly, then conduct a departmental inquiry through the BMC Commissioner and publish the report on the MCGM and MPCB websites.

Environmental activist Sayyed Mohammad Sabir had requested the NGT Bench, Pune to demolish the unauthorized construction which is without environmental department permission and impose a penalty on the builder Dudhwala for constructing the Rock Corner building without obtaining necessary permission. Accordingly, National Green Tribunal, Pune bench had ordered to form a joint committee of five members and asked them to submit a joint report in this case. In this committee members comprises were Principal Secretary of Environment Department, Government of Maharashtra, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) and Collector, Mumbai City and BMC Commissioner. The committee had inspected the site and submitted a report to the NGT Bench to fine the developer for environmental degradation.

The complainant filed a complaint with the Green Tribunal regarding the illegal and irregular construction without obtaining environmental clearance from the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) of the Government of Maharashtra and the consent of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) against the Dudhwala Group. The final hearing of the said application was held on January 12, 2023 before the Hon. Judge Dinesh Kumar Singh of Green Tribunal and Dr. Vijay Kulkarni, an Environmental Expert. The Green Tribunal Bench passed its final verdict on January 30. Also, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has ordered the payment of penalty amount within two months from the date of the environmental compensation order by breaking down separate figures for the environmental damage caused due to non-observance under the Water Act, 1974 and Air Act, 1981 since 2011.
A high-level committee was also constituted by National Green Tribunal. The said committee submitted its report. A clear finding of guilt was recorded. Taking this report into account, the bench gave this historic decision. In the said case, Adv. Nitin Lonkar, Adv. Sonali Suryavanshi, Adv. Tanaji Gambhire and Adv. Pradnya Bheke appeared / represented the environmental activist and complainant Sabir Syed.

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Nitish Rane criticized Uddhav

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Mumbai: Maharashtra minister Nitish Rane criticized Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and said that Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray should be asked what is Aghori Puja, he is an expert in it, what is buried in his bungalow in Karjat, as well as what happens in Matoshree, should also be found out. He strongly criticized Uddhav and also called him Aghori CM. Nitish Rane has claimed to ensure maritime security and patrol the sea with sea boats and modern boats.

He said that maritime security will be done on priority basis. So far, modern boats have been deployed to protect the sea coast and five boats have been added. Along with this, the sea is also being protected with CCTV cameras and drones. The process of monitoring illegal activities and suspicious persons is also going on. Necessary instructions have also been issued to keep the sea safe.

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Obscene messages and nude pictures of girls and women went viral, security guard arrested from Karnataka, used to blackmail women by creating fake profiles

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Mumbai: Mumbai Police has claimed to have arrested Manoj Prasad Singh, a 25-year-old computer programmer from Bellary in Karnataka, for blackmailing a Mumbai college student and threatening to make obscene pictures of women viral on social media. A Mumbai college student had lodged a complaint that the accused had created a fake profile on Instagram and threatened to make her obscene pictures viral, after which the police started investigating him and after investigation it was found that he was working as a security guard in Karnataka and was living there. The accused had completed the Delhi Soft School Computer Training Program in 2016. His mobile phone has also been seized from the possession of the accused. Fake IDs and emails of 100 different women have also been recovered from his mobile. Along with this, fake Instagram IDs of 11 women were also created. 13,500 screenshots and pictures of women and girls were found in the gallery of the phone. The accused used to follow women and girls on Instagram, send them messages and try to make them nude videos and video calls. If these women and girls did not talk obscenely to him, he would create their fake profiles and make them viral on Instagram and other social media. The accused has been arrested and his remand has been obtained. This operation was led by Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti. It was carried out by DCP Mahesh Chamte.

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The Muslim Personal Law Board appealed to the public to participate in large numbers in the Kesar Bagh Dongri Waqf Conference on June 20

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Mumbai: under the auspices of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, the “Awqaf Protection Conference” is being held on Friday, June 20, 2025 at 7 pm at Kesarbagh, Sheeda Marg, Charnal, Dongri, Mumbai-9 under the chairmanship of Hazrat Maulana Fazlur Rahim Mujaddidi Sahib, General Secretary All India Muslim Personal Law Board. The country’s renowned preacher and religious scholar, former MP and Vice President of the Muslim Personal Law Board, Hazrat Maulana Obaidullah Khan Azmi, is also participating in this grand conference despite his illness.

Other speakers at the conference included Hazrat Maulana Syed Khalid Ashraf (Head of Darul Uloom Muhammadiya, Minareh Masjid), Hazrat Maulana Mahmood Ahmed Khan Daryabadi (Convenor Maharashtra, Waqf Bachao Tehreek Muslim Personal Law Board), Hazrat Maulana Mufti Saeed-ur-Rehman Farooqui (Founding Member Personal Law Board), Hazrat Maulana Ijaz Ahmed Kashmiri (Khateeb Handi Wali Masjid), Hazrat Maulana Kamal Ahmed Khan (Shiite religious scholar), Mr. Abdul Mujeeb Sheikh (Secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami), Hazrat Maulana Abdul Jalil Salafi (Representative of Provincial Jamiat Ahle Hadith).

Mr. Arvind Sawant (MP), Mr. Abu Asim Azmi (MLA), Mr. Amin Patel (MLA), Mr. Raees Shaikh (MLA), Mr. Haroon Khan (MLA), Mr. Manoj Jam Sutkar (MLA), Mr. Yusuf Abrahani (Ex-MLA), Mr. Waris Pathan (Ex-MLA), Mr. Bashir Patel (Ex-MLA) are joining as other guests.

The convener of this program, Maulana Rooh Zafar, Khatib of Shia Mosque Dongri, has provided this information. The members of the Convener and Management Committee as well as members of the Muslim Personal Law Board, Farid Sheikh, Saleem Motorwala, Hafiz Iqbal Chunawala, Maulana Usayed Qasmi, Shakir Sheikh and Dr. Azimuddin have appealed to the brothers of Islam to participate in maximum numbers.

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