Most expensive home in the world remains abandoned...

You are talking about a guy that needed a 27 story sky scraper for a house. Pretty sure he could bitch about the number of windows. He sounds totally pussy whipped too.
 
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i'd wager it has more to do with the fact that the "controversies" section of that page is longer than the rest of the article.

it basically looks like massive amounts of bribery, sketchy dealing, and complete refusal to follow building codes

The transactions surrounding the acquisition of the land on which this building is constructed, as well as various aspects of the construction and design of this building seem to raise significant issues of regulatory malfeasance and corruption among the various parties involved.[14]

In 2002, this property was purchased by a Mukesh Ambani controlled entity - Antilia Commercial Private Limited from the Currimbhoy Ebrahimbhoy Khoja Trust, in direct contravention [15] to section 51 of the Wakf Act.[16]

This land was owned previously by the Currimbhoy Ebrahim Khoja Yateemkhana (Orphanage). This charitable institution had sold the land allocated for the purpose of education of underprivileged Khoja children to Antilia Commercial Private Limited in July 2002 for Rs 21.05 crore.[17] The prevailing market value of land at the time was at least Rs.150 crore.[18][19][20][21]

The Waqf minister Nawab Malik opposed this land sale and so did the revenue department of the Government of Maharashtra. Thus a stay order was issued on the sale of the land. Also, the Waqf board initially opposed this deal and filed a PIL in the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the trust. The Supreme Court while dismissing the petition asked the Waqf board to approach the Bombay High court. However the stay on this deal was subsequently vacated after the Wakf board withdrew its objection on receiving an amount of 16 lakh from Antilia Commercial Pvt Ltd and issued a No Objection certificate to Mukesh Ambani.[22][23]

In 2007 the Maharashtra government said the structure is illegal because the land's owner, the Waqf Board, had no right to sell it, as Waqf property can neither be sold nor transferred.[5] Ambani then obtained a No Objection Certificate from the Waqf Board after paying Rs 16 lakh (U$36,100) and began construction.[5] In June 2011, the Union government asked the Maharashtra government to consider referring the matter to the Central Bureau of Investigation.[24][25][26][27]

In regards to the three helipads, the Indian Navy said it will not allow the construction of helipads on Mumbai buildings, while the Environment Ministry said the helipads violate local noise laws.[5] Issues have also been raised with regards to the construction of an illegal carpark[28]
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want me to send a query to the people in my group who live/work in mumbai to get the skinny on the what what?

dear india team-

what's up with that building? I hear it doesn't have enough windows.

regards,
cogzinofa
 
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