Maharashtra minister Chandrakant Patil on Wednesday said the Supreme Court is unlikely to overturn the Bombay High Court's verdict on the proposed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Memorial project in the Arabian Sea here. Speaking to reporters at Mantralaya (secretariat), he refuted BJP MLC Vinayak Mete's claims that officials of the Public Works Department (PWD) were to be blamed for the apex court's stay on construction work of the project.

"The Bombay High Court gave a verdict in our favour and petitioners' case did not hold merit because of the ground work of PWD officials," said the revenue minister. The BJP minister said the HC had observed that the state government had secured all the necessary permissions and clearances before going ahead with the project and therefore turned down the plea of the Conservation Action Trust (CAT).