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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Tehelka has come out with a great article on Delhi Sealing, excerpts from this article
The issue of sealing was difficult as on the one hand it was a question of law and on the other of the suffering among the people.” This is how Justice YK Sabharwal, the former Chief Justice of India (cji), [...]
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In a bid to provide immediate relief to slum dwellers, hawkers and street vendors, Government on Friday said it would bring an Ordinance to avoid forcible action against unauthorised development.
A meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, gave its approval for promulgation of an Ordinance to grant “temporary relief”, Information [...]
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Municipal Corporation of Delhi today continued its sealing drive targeting 51 shops in a posh south Delhi commercial area, saying the establishments were not exempted under the new master plan rules.
The sealing squads took action against 51 such shops in Rajnish Arya Marg in South-Extension area “as they fall in the non-confirmed areas and [...]
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