Jahangirpuri Demolitions: Supreme Court Hearing- LIVE UPDATES

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21 April 2022 10:09 AM IST

  • Jahangirpuri Demolitions: Supreme Court Hearing- LIVE UPDATES

    Supreme Court bench led by Justice Nageswara Rao to hear today the petition filed by Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind and others against the Jahangirpuri demolition drive.Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered status-quo on the demoliton drive started by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation against alleged encroachers in the Jahangirpuri area, where communal riots took place last week.A bench led by the...

    Supreme Court bench led by Justice Nageswara Rao to hear today the petition filed by Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind and others against the Jahangirpuri demolition drive.

    Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered status-quo on the demoliton drive started by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation against alleged encroachers in the Jahangirpuri area, where communal riots took place last week.

    A bench led by the Chief Justice of India ordered status quo on a mentioning made by Senior Advoate Dushyant Dave.

    Chief Justice Ramana directed the Supreme Court's registry to immediately communicate the status quo order to the authorities of the North Delhi Municipal Coproration with respect to the demolition drive at riots-hit Jahangirpuri area.

    He  issued this direction to the Secretary-General of the Supreme Court after Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave mentioned that the demolition drive using bulldozers was going on despite the status quo order passed by the Court today morning.


    Live Updates

    • 21 April 2022 11:19 AM IST

      Sibal: this is stated not by us by Ministers concerned. Such incidents have happened in other states specially in ram navami events. When people are asked to not carry out processions you know what happens. Places are bulldozed and people are arrested

    • 21 April 2022 11:16 AM IST

      Sibal: Encroachments are wrong What’s happening is you are associating muslims with encroachment.

      Justice Rao: no hindu properties were demolished?

    • 21 April 2022 11:15 AM IST

      Dave: the demolition was started at 9 am as they knew we will mention before SC AND they continued demolishing even after status quo orders 

    • 21 April 2022 11:14 AM IST

      Dave: A letter was written by BJP’s President to the Mayor. It speaks on a sad commentary on us as a nation. 

    • 21 April 2022 11:13 AM IST

      Dave: If you want to act against unauthorized constructions, you go to Sainik Farms. Go to Golf Links where every second home is an encroachment. You don't want to touch them, but target the poor people.

    • 21 April 2022 11:11 AM IST

      Dave refers to Section 343: you have destroyed homes, who should be held accountable? They are poor people! Come to any colony in south delhi including golf links,every second house has unauthorised construction. You don’t want to destroy that

    • 21 April 2022 11:10 AM IST

      Dave: please turn to section 343. Even otherwise court has dealt with this, right to life is right to shelter. You cant remove people without notice. This is precisely what we are against, Law of the Jungle 

    • 21 April 2022 11:09 AM IST

      Bench: this is regularisation come to encroachment.

      Bench asks Dave to refer to provisions regarding issuance of notice 

    • 21 April 2022 11:07 AM IST

      Dave refers to Delhi Municipality Act and definition of encroachment: our houses and shops are all 30 yrs old. We are in a constitutional society! How can this bhi permitted at all. 

    • 21 April 2022 11:05 AM IST

      Dave: There are 731 unauthorised colonies in Delhi with lakhs of people and you pick up one colony because you target 1 community! 

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