Adv Jessy Payne

Advocate at Bombay High Court

[Adv Jessy Payne @AdvJessy]

@mybmc @mybmcWardL Yesterday, I contacted the L Ward Water Department seeking a water tanker for the residents of Abbas Building, who have been struggling with severe water shortage for almost 8 days, including during the major repair work at Sakinaka. I was informed that no tanker was available.
Today, the very same officer arranged a tanker for a nearby society. Residents of Abbas Building were told that a written complaint was required before any tanker could be provided.
Are different rules being applied to different residents? Is access to essential services dependent on where one lives? Is BMC working for all citizens or only for elite societies?
Water is a basic necessity, not a privilege. Residents deserve transparency, equal treatment, and answers.

[Adv Jessy Payne @AdvJessy]

@mybmc @mybmcWardL @CMOMaharashtra Not really sure what will stop #LWard Water Department from manipulating with water supply and creating hardships for residents.
During 2023-24, the then AE made life difficult for residents of Match Factory Lane, Kurla West. The situation improved only after a new AE took charge, and for months there were no major water supply issues. Now, with another transfer, the department seems to have reverted to its old ways.
The current team appears more concerned about corporates and buildings equipped with booster pumps, while ordinary residents are left struggling for a basic necessity. Those with influence get water, while common citizens are forced to beg for their daily requirement.
Unequal distribution, diversion of water flow, and endless road digging have become the norm. Residents deserve answers. Why is water being diverted? Why are some areas adequately supplied while others suffer for days?
Where are common people supposed to go when the very department responsible for supplying water becomes the source of the problem?

[Advocate Richard Payne @advrichardpayne]

@DcpZone5Mumbai @CPMumbaiPolice For the past 4 months, since 10.02.2026, I have been pursuing my complaint supported by documentary evidence regarding alleged fabrication of documents, false representations, unauthorized inclusion and use of my name without my knowledge or consent, misuse of my identity, and alleged misrepresentation before judicial authorities including proceedings connected with the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India.
My complaint specifically alleges that my name was used to project a narrative, consent, membership and participation which I never authorized, thereby causing serious prejudice to my rights and misleading authorities.
My complaint discloses serious cognizable offences under Sections 61, 227, 229, 308, 316, 318(1), 318(2), 318(4), 351 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, including criminal conspiracy, false representations, cheating, criminal breach of trust, fabrication of documents, intimidation and common intention.
In a similar Kurla matter, Kurla Police Station reportedly registered an FIR against committee members of a housing society for allegations of cheating and forgery. The complainant was a former Director of a Bank and Member of a Commission.
If the law applies equally to all citizens, why has my complaint still not resulted in FIR registration despite documentary evidence, repeated representations, continuous follow-ups and repeated assurances from police authorities, particularly Kurla Police Station? Despite my complaint being of similar nature.
Every time I approach the Police Station, I am informed that the directions of the DCP are being complied with. However, whenever I personally meet senior officers, fresh directions are again issued, suggesting that the true status of the complaint may not have been properly conveyed. Yet the cycle of delay and runaround continues till date.
Why should an ordinary citizen be compelled to spend more than four months seeking registration of an FIR in a matter involving allegations of deception, misuse of identity, fabricated documentation, false representations and misrepresentation before judicial authorities?
Equal justice cannot depend upon status, position, influence or connections. The law must apply equally to every citizen.
I respectfully request intervention, ensure accountability, and take a fair, impartial and time-bound decision on my complaint.
#MumbaiPolice #JusticeDelayed #RuleOfLaw #Kurlapolicestation #EqualJustice

[Adv Jessy Payne @AdvJessy]

@mybmc @mybmcWardL When will Match Factory Lane, Kurla West, get water? Residents have been without water for the last 4 days. We are also human beings and deserve access to this basic necessity. Kindly provide an immediate update and restore the water supply at the earliest. #KurlaWest #WaterCrisis

[Adv Jessy Payne @AdvJessy]

@parthshah1903 @thebetterindia Family met with an accident and the child was brain dead. Her parents decided to donate her organs .

[Adv Jessy Payne @AdvJessy]

@mybmc @mybmcWardL BMC L-Ward Water Department has once again dug up a recently repaired road.
For the last few months, residents have been witnessing a never-ending cycle of digging. One stretch is repaired; another is excavated. The issue is not whether permission was granted, the real question is why roads are repeatedly dug up without proper planning and why they are not restored to their original condition.
The attached photographs show the latest excavation. The road has been left damaged, uneven and unsafe for motorists, pedestrians, senior citizens and school children.
What is the purpose of spending public money on road repairs if another department is allowed to dig up the same road shortly thereafter?
Who is accountable for:
• Repeated excavation of the same road?
• Lack of coordination between departments?
• Failure to restore the road to its original condition?
• Waste of taxpayers’ money?
• Safety hazards created for residents?
After repeated objections, the digging is now being carried out at night, but the problem remains the same, the road is damaged and no one is held accountable for proper restoration.
The issue is not digging. The issue is that roads are repeatedly dug up with official permission but are never restored to the condition in which they existed before excavation.
That frames the issue as an administrative failure rather than merely a complaint about road work.
There is an endless cycle of complaints, excavation and damage, while the actual problem of water supply remains unresolved.

[Adv Jessy Payne @AdvJessy]

@Adani_Elec_Mum Complaint raised but no solution. Please request your department to restore power in the building. CA no and contact details have been messaged

[Adv Jessy Payne @AdvJessy]

@Adani_Elec_Mum No electricity in Abbas building, Match Factory Lane, Kurla West since 2:00 AM. Customer care numbers are not reachable and there is no update on restoration. In this heat, how are residents expected to manage without fans or ACs through the night?
The trouble caused by BMC was not enough that now a prolonged power outage has added to residents' misery. Kindly restore power urgently and provide an update on the outage.

[Adv Jessy Payne @AdvJessy]

@mybmc @mybmcWardL all the water is pulled by the users of booster pumps. Water reaches our tap and in 2 minutes all the water is gone. Despite raising this issue with L ward water department and requesting them to regulate the timing, no solution is provided. Residents with 500ml tank has to keep awake the entire night. At the end of the day common people are forced to bear the brunt of mismanagement and high handedness of the authorities.

[Adv Jessy Payne @AdvJessy]

@mybmc @mybmcWardL your post says 10% water cut from 15th May. Why has L ward started with water cut already? Not releasing water even to fill a 500ltr tank

[Adv Jessy Payne @AdvJessy]

@mybmc @mybmcWardL 10% water cut means 100% water cut for in some areas except for those societies and commercials with booster pumps. It is also one way of helping tanker services to earn their share.

[Advocate Richard Payne @advrichardpayne]

@MumbaiPolice @CPMumbaiPolice @DcpZone5Mumbai 77 Days of Runaround Despite Due Process Complaint Closed, No FIR Despite Alleged Cognizable Offences
Despite repeated representations, personal meetings, follow-ups, and escalation to senior authorities over 77 days, my complaint dated 10.02.2026 alleging cognizable offences under Sections 61, 227, 229, 308, 316, 318(1), 318(2), 318(4), 351 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 remains without FIR registration, with Kurla Police Station issuing closure communication suggesting that I approach the court.
At the time of submission on 10.02.2026, the Duty Officer indicated that the complaint appeared to disclose cheating, misrepresentation, and cognizable criminal elements. Yet thereafter, shifting positions were communicated by the concerned investigating officers:
• Matter is civil in nature
• Charity Commissioner must direct FIR registration
• Undisclosed PP opinion allegedly treats matter as non-cognizable
• PP details/opinion refused as “confidential and secrete”
Despite:
• 2 representations to Commissioner of Police
• 4 escalations to DCP Office
• 3 written complaints to Kurla Police Station
• 5 supervisory meetings/visits
• Multiple station visits and telephonic follow-ups
Still no FIR.
If citizens following due process must ultimately be told to go to court for FIR registration, one must ask what practical purpose does the local police machinery serve in such cases if such matters are to be routed through court?
Complete unedited videos of interactions with the concerned officers are placed in public domain for transparency and accountability.

[Adv Jessy Payne @AdvJessy]

@mybmc @mybmcWardL @MumbaiPolice water department continues the nonsense of digging the road repaired recently in search for water. No permission for new connection but they are digging.

[Adv Jessy Payne @AdvJessy]

@mybmc @mybmcWardL Irony at its peak, while residents of Match Factory Lane, Kurla West barely get 10 minutes of water supply, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation water department is busy digging up roads that was only recently completed.
Did they wait for the work to finish just to dig it up again? Where is the planning and accountability?
Are they searching for water underground instead of supplying it to citizens? Basic services are collapsing. #Mumbai #WaterCrisis

[Adv Jessy Payne @AdvJessy]

@MumbaiPolice @CPMumbaiPolice how difficult is it to get a complaint registered at Kurla Police Station? Three months of running around and multiple complaints to higher authorities, yet no action.
An API-level officer closed the complaint stating that it is “civil in nature.” The inquiry was then transferred, and the next IO now requires an opinion from the Public Prosecutor. The DCP office says the complainant has the right to meet the PP, but according to the IO, the process has to remain “secret.”
Finally, the complainant is informed that the police need instructions from the Charity Commissioner to register a complaint something that raises serious concerns.
While FIRs are registered promptly in some matters, in this case involving a cognizable offence, the complainant is being made to run from pillar to post.

[Adv Jessy Payne @AdvJessy]

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[Adv Jessy Payne @AdvJessy]

@zomato when the food ordered is stale and when the customer is raising complaint why don't you give the option to connect to an executive? Why should you refund 13rs in place of 52rs when the food was not edible?

[Adv Jessy Payne @AdvJessy]

@mybmc @mybmcWardL Open negligence by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation L Ward Water Dept.
A deep pit has been left exposed on the road with ZERO safety measures, no barricades, no warning signs, just a branch placed on top!
It is a recently repaired road and now the Water Department seems determined to dig up the entire stretch before the rains, causing inconvenience and risk to the public.