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Jahangirpuri Demolition Updates: On Delhi Demolitions, Supreme Court’s Serious View Warning
New Delhi:
A Supreme Court bench of Justices LN Rao and BR Gavai has started hearing petitions on demolitions in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri neighbourhood, where violence broke out between two communities during Hanuman Jayanti on Saturday last. Several concrete and temporary structures close to a mosque were brought down on Wednesday morning as part of an anti-encroachment drive by the BJP-ruled North Delhi Municipal Corporation. The Supreme Court had to intervene twice to stop the drive after it took cognisance of a petition filed by Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind against the demolition.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta: It’s not individuals who came to court first. It was Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind. And it was not one community that was targeted. In Khargone, 88 affected parties were Hindus and 26 were Muslims. I am sorry to bifurcate them. The government does not want to. But I am compelled to. Notices were issued in 2021. Even in Delhi, notices were issued earlier.
Supreme Court: Demolition yesterday only restricted to chairs, box, benches? And for that you need a bulldozer? As per law 5-12 days notice is supposed to be given.
Tushar Mehta: Let individuals come forward if they can substantiate that they were not given a notice.
