{
  "id": 17461911,
  "title": "Bombay HC Quashes NOC For Commercial Use Of Khar Residential Flat; Says Deputy Registrar Lacked Authority",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/bombay-hc-quashes-noc-for-commercial-use-of-khar-residential-flat",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T19:29:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/bombay-hc-quashes-noc-for-commercial-use-of-khar-residential-flat-says-deputy-registrar-lacked-authority"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Bombay High Court has overturned a No Objection Certificate (NOC) issued by a Deputy Registrar in Khar, Mumbai, for the commercial use of a residential flat. The court ruled that the Deputy Registrar had overstepped his authority and lacked the statutory power to grant such permission. The decision was made in response to a petition filed by the cooperative housing society, challenging the permission granted to flat owners Fazal Sayed and Aafreen Sayed. The court highlighted that the Deputy Registrar had issued the NOC without even hearing the society, and that he had no authority to do so under the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act. Owners of the flat can now approach the Cooperative Court for an NOC, which would be decided on its own merits.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}