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Delhi Sealing : Delhi de-sealing or a political gimmick

February 3rd, 2008 admin No comments

All unauthorised construction, which was sealed by Supreme Court in the last couple of years, can begin operations immediately.
On Friday, the centre virtually legalised unauthorised constructions but RWAs say they will appeal to the Supreme Court.
Sheila Dikshit denies that the ban on sealing was motivated by the fact that Delhi will vote later this [...]

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Delhi Sealing : Mayor announced her “go-slow policy” on demolitions of fourth and fifth floors

January 6th, 2008 admin No comments

Four days after Delhi Mayor Arti Mehra announced her “go-slow policy” on demolitions of fourth and fifth floors, the MCD today threw an open challenge at the High Court by persistently questioning existence of the court-appointed monitoring committee and nine court commissioners.
The civic agency, represented by senior lawyer and former Union Law minister Ravi [...]

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Delhi Sealing : Supreme Court slams judicial overreach

December 11th, 2007 admin No comments

In an unprecedented confession, the Supreme Court has admitted that the judiciary has erred in the recent past in usurping the powers of the executive. Cautioning against judicial activism, it said that if the trend continued, politicians would step in and clip the judiciary’s wings.
“If the judiciary does not exercise restraint and overstretches its [...]

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Delhi Sealing : PILs deconstructed

December 11th, 2007 admin No comments

The Supreme Court’s strong observation deprecating the growing tendency in the judiciary to encroach upon territory exclusively reserved for the legislature and the executive has once again stirred a debate over judicial activism and the excessive use of Public Interest jurisdiction by the constitutional courts.
What is locus standi?
In the 1970s, it was difficult to [...]

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