Jain Housing Constructions Ltd MD's anticipatory bail cancelled

The Madras High Court on Tuesday cancelled the inter-state anticipatory bail granted by it to managing director of Jain Housing Constructions Limited Sandeep Mehta in a case filed in Kerala.

Justice C V Kartikeyan allowed an appeal by the Tamil Nadu government seeking cancellation of the bail filed after the Kerala Police approached it citing the pending case based on a complaint from a resident of a housing complex built by the firm in Kochi.

The complex is facing demolition for coastal regulation norm violations.

Mehta is the first accused in a case registered by the Panangad police on a petition filed by a resident of Jain Coral Cove apartment, one of the four waterfront residential complexes that have been ordered to be demolished by the Supreme Court for violation of coastal zone regulation norms.

Public Prosecutor A Natarajan objected to the four weeks inter-state anticipatory bail granted earlier, saying Mehta having offices in Kerala and several other states across the country