Following Monday’s Supreme Court order to seal commercial establishments in unauthorised colonies in Delhi within three weeks, the city’s traders have demanded regularisation of all unauthorised colonies in the given time.
Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal said a meeting of prominent traders and elected representatives will be convened to look [...]
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Discussions on the sealing issue reigned paramount at the Municipal Corporation of Delhi Standing Committee meeting here on Wednesday.
The Standing Committee unanimously decided to propose addition of unauthorised colonies to the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Bill, 2007, that seeks exemption for street vendors, slum dwellers, unauthorised farmhouses and religious and [...]
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The Centre on Monday took on the Supreme Court in the ‘Delhi sealing case’ by questioning the court’s jurisdiction to pass orders on policy matters on regularisation of commercial activities in unauthorised residential colonies.
Refusing to heed to the Centre’s submissions, a three-Judge Bench of Justice Arijit Pasayat, Justice C.K. Thakker and Justice Lokeshwar Singh [...]
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THE Supreme Court today ordered the closure of all commercial premises being run out of 1,500 unauthorised Delhi colonies within three weeks or face sealing. The directive came amid an extremely volatile outburst from the Union government’s counsel, who questioned the apex court-appointed monitoring committee’s powers.
“Three weeks from today, commercial areas operating from unauthorised [...]
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