The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Madras High Court judgement ordering demolition of top five floors of an eight-storey block of a private hospital in Chennai for construction allegedly in violation of the approved building plan.
A vacation bench comprising Justices Indu Malhotra and MR Shah, however, directed Billroth Hospitals Ltd not to use these top five floors for any activity.
The bench, which issued the notice and sought response from the Tamil Nadu Government on the plea filed by the hospital challenging the high court verdict, granted 10 days to the hospital to vacate the five floors.
The High Court had ordered the demolition to commence from June 16.
Senior advocate AM Singhvi, appearing for the hospital, told the apex court that it had applied under the 2017 building regularisation scheme of Tamil Nadu.