DHARAVI KOLI JAMAT TRUST vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA TH. THE CHIEF SECRETARY — WP/2242/2026

Summary of Court Decision The Bombay High Court dismissed the petition filed by Dharavi Koli Jamat Trust seeking to exclude approximately 2,00,830 square meters from the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP). The court held that since the DRP planning proposals were officially sanctioned on March 3, 2016 following due legal procedure, and development has already commenced with rights vested in stakeholders, the petitioner's belated attempt to halt the project by demanding boundary demarcation surveys cannot be entertained. The court noted that while Dharavi was historically a fishing community hub, it has since become a major slum agglomeration, and the character of the claimed lands has fundamentally changed, making the petitioner's claim for exclusive fishing rights untenable at this advanced stage of development. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.