The Bombay High Court on Thursday (July 10, 2025) upheld the government decision to rehabilitate Dharavi redevelopment project affected people (PAP) on the salt pan land, dismissing the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a Mumbai-based lawyer and social activist on the grounds that no material provided supporting why salt pan lands cannot be utilised for rehabilitation.
A bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandeep Marne was hearing PIL challenging the government’s approval of transferring 256 acres of salt pan land for the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) to accommodate ineligible residents of Dharavi.
