Bombay HC raps people who buy homes without research

Slamming buyers who book flats in buildings constructed on spaces reserved for public amenities, and developers, the Bombay high court said, "people who buy homes without checking the development plan, it is their funeral". The HC was hearing petitions by occupants of 20 Virar buildings that have come up on plots meant for a road and a playground. The petitioners have challenged the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC)'s notices to raze their buildings at Vavtewadi in Phoolpada. The bench has sought an undertaking from the developers-cum-landowners assuring that they will get the buildings vacated and rehabilitate occupants with families "in your property and not anybody's property within a timeframe".