Muzamil and Others v. Rehabilitation of Property and Industries Authority (REPIA) and Others – sllr 1985 volume 2 page 310

In the case between Muzamil and others (tenants/business operators of the disputed portions of Abdeen Building) and the Rehabilitation of Property and Industries Authority (REPIA) and others, the main issue addressed concerned whether Abdeen Building—divided for municipal assessment but physically unified—should be classified as a single “affected property” under the Emergency (Rehabilitation of Affected Property, Business and Industries) Regulations following the 1983 riots. The court held that the entire structure constituted a single affected property, so the State’s vesting and REPIA’s demolition order were legally valid, even as to less-damaged premises. The principle was reaffirmed that structural unity, and not municipal division, governs the application of rehabilitation laws perta