Ajay Devgn’s Rs 10.61 Crore Bungalow Lease Faces BMC Demolition

Ajay Devgn’s Juhu bungalow is under the civic scanner after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation demolished portions of the property it called unauthorised construction. The demolition was carried out on October 12, 2026, after the BMC said renovation at the Kapol Co-operative Housing Society address continued despite a stop-work notice.

What the BMC says happened

The civic body’s Building Proposal Department had not approved the interior work, which reportedly involved partition walls, windows and Siporex-block construction. The property is a 7,802-square-foot bungalow in the JVPD Scheme, and the BMC issued its first warning on September 10, 2026 under Section 354A of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888. When the work did not stop, the BMC initiated demolition proceedings.

• September 10, 2026: Stop-work notice issued, with 24 hours to submit permissions.
• October 12, 2026: Portions of the bungalow were demolished.
• Rs 10.61 crore: Total value of the five-year leave-and-licence agreement.

A salon lease, not a simple tenant

The bungalow was leased to Florian Hurel Salon Private Limited under a registered leave-and-licence agreement dated August 10, 2026. The agreement was for five years and a total amount of Rs 10.61 crore, with the monthly rent starting at Rs 16 lakh and a 5 per cent annual escalation.

The Devgn family had sought a no-objection certificate from the housing society, and a July 22, 2026 letter confirmed that Veena Virendra Devgan and Vishal, also known as Ajay Devgn, were members and owners of the property. That letter said the society had no objection to the property being leased, but it did not clear the change that followed, according to the society’s stated position.

Why the fine print matters

The housing society has maintained that its NOC permitted a leave-and-licence arrangement but did not explicitly authorise a switch from residential to commercial use, nor structural or services changes. That distinction is important in Mumbai’s Juhu and JVPD belts, where commercial conversions of bungalows can run into both society and municipal rules.

The BMC was blunt in its confirmation, saying, “The municipal corporation has demolished certain portions of the bungalow.” For Bollywood homeowners and the brands that lease their properties, the episode is a reminder that a society’s good word and a registered lease are not a substitute for building permissions.

Source: India Today