MUMBAI: Even as the BMC said it cannot make changes to the design of the proposed coastal road (south), a 6.7km stretch from Priyadarshini Park to the Worli-end of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link, the Bombay high court on Wednesday questioned if a court can decide such issues.
“Are these issues justiciable by a court?” asked Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Arif Doctor. They heard a PIL by city-based architect Alan Abraham alleging that the present design of the coastal road will reduce the size of open spaces.
The PIL suggested three changes: Shift the road towards the landward side of reclaimed land and open spaces to the seaward side,