New Delhi [india], July 5 (ANI): With an aim to decrease the congestion in and around the city and ease the flow of traffic, Delhi Lieutenant Governor, VK Saxena on Tuesday instructed all stakeholder agencies to complete all pending tasks related to the decongestion of 77 corridors for improving the flow of traffic within three months.

New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): In line to restore the forgotten and derelict heritage of Delhi, Lieutenant Governor (LG) Vinai Kumar Saxena has instructed officials to re-develop Anang Tal Baoli within two months.

New Delhi Apr 25 PTI The Supreme Court on Monday came to the rescue of over 1000 slum-dwellers by staying the Centres proposed demolition for a week of around 200 jhuggis at Sarojini Nagar here saying they should be dealt with humanly and cannot be simply thrownA bench of Justices K M Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy took note of the submissions of senior advocate Vikas Singh appearing for two minor residents including Vaishali whose 10th board examinations are starting on April 26 that thousands of people will be ousted without any other rehabilitation scheme in placeDeal with them humanly when you deal with them As a model government you cannot say you would not have a policy on rehabilitation and simply throw them away You are dealing with families the bench saidNo coercive steps be taken till the next date of hearing the bench told Additional Solicitor General K M Natraj appearing for the Centre and posted the matter for hearing on May 2The interim stay on demolition granted by the Delhi High Court earlier was ending on MondayThe law officer who wanted the protection against demolition to be confined to the two petitioners who have come to the court assured the bench that no coercive steps would be taken against all the residents till the next date of hearingAt the outset Singh assisted by lawyer Aman Panwar said that the residents who are over one thousand cannot be banishedWhere do you expect thousands of people to go Some rehabilitation scheme has to be there Even in the Haryana matter the rehabilitation was directed to take place the senior lawyer said adding that the names of over 172 families are there and they have records like Voter ID cards in support of their claimsHaving some documents where for election they have been enrolled does not confer the right the law officer saidThe Board examinations are starting from Tuesday and at this moment they cannot be allowed to be ousted he saidThe bench asked the Centre not to precipitate the matter till the bench hears and decides the caseLook at your notice what we have found in the impugned notice is that you have said hand over the government land People from all over India go occupy lands something they do not have a choice with They cannot afford the rates Justice Joseph saidThe bench did not agree to the submission of the Centre that protection against demolition be confined to those who have come to the court onlyWe are looking at documents which say they have been there since 1996 Should it be that only these people be protected and not the others When the court is examining the matter we cannot let the issue be precipitated the bench saidOn Friday a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana had taken note of the submissions that the plea needed an urgent hearing in view of the imminent threat of demolition of jhuggis shantiesThe apex court however had refused to extend the stay without hearing from authorities last FridayThe Union ministry of urban development on April 4 issued evictiondemolition notices to all residents of the jhuggis asking them to vacate the place within one weekThe plea said that the slum dwellers have been living there since 1980 and they do not want to stall any government project at the siteHowever the residents besides deferment of a proposed demolition for the time being wanted rehabilitation and relocation of their jhuggis as per the provisions of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board DUSIB ActThe DUSIB Act casts an obligation on government authorities to frame a scheme for rehabilitation and relocation of jhuggis before any action of eviction is undertakenThe Delhi government had taken a plea before the Delhi High Court that the jhuggis in question was not notified under the DUSIB Act and hence the residents were not eligible for rehabilitationThe single judge and the division benches of the high court had relied upon the submissions of the DUSIB and dismissed the plea of residentsThe appeal filed in the apex court referred to a response received under the Right to Information Act and said that the city government and its authorities have not notified any Jhuggi in Delhi under the DUSIB Act and have only prepared a list of 675 jhuggis PTI SJK MNL RKS RKS

New Delhi Apr 25 PTI The Supreme Court on Monday stayed for a week the proposed demolition of around 200 jhuggis shanties at Sarojini Nagar in the national capitalA bench of Justices K M Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy took note of the submissions of senior advocate Vikas Singh appearing for minor Vaishali a jhuggi resident whose 10th board examinations are starting on April 26 that thousands of people will be ousted without any other rehabilitation scheme in placeNo coercive steps be taken till the next date of hearing said the bench and posted the matter for hearing on May 2The interim stay on demolition granted by the Delhi High Court earlier was ending on MondayOn Friday a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana had taken note of the submissions that the plea needed an urgent hearing in view of the imminent threat of demolition of jhuggis shantiesThe apex court however had refused to extend the stay without hearing from authorities last FridayThe union ministry of urban development on April 4 issued evictiondemolition notices to all residents of the jhuggis asking them to vacate the place within one week PTI SJK RKS RKS

New Delhi Apr 24 PTI The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea seeking an interim stay on the proposed demolition of around 200 jhuggis at Sarojini Nagar here and rehabilitation and relocation of homes of slum dwellers as per government policyA bench of justices K M Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy will hear the plea filed by a minor Vaishali a jhuggi resident whose 10th board examinations are starting on April 26 that homes in the area not be demolished for the time beingOn Friday a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana had taken note of the submissions of senior advocate Vikas Singh and lawyer Aman Panwar that the plea needed urgent hearing in view of the imminent threat of demolition of jhuggis shantiesThe apex court however had refused to extend the stay without hearing from authorities on last FridayThe interim stay on demolition granted by the Delhi High Court earlier is ending on MondayThis matter pertains to jhuggis at Sarojini Nagar and the protection against demolition is only till Monday I do not want the same thing as happened in Jahangirpuri to happen here Please grant the status quo Vikas Singh had arguedDuring last week the top court had come to the rescue of residents of the riot-hit Jahangirpuri area of the national capital by asking authorities to stall their anti-encroachment driveThe plea filed through Vaishali said that the slum dwellers have been living there since 1980 and they do not want to stall any government project at the siteHowever the residents besides deferment of a proposed demolition for the time being wanted rehabilitation and relocation of their jhuggis as per the provisions of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board DUSIB ActThe DUSIB Act casts an obligation on government authorities to frame a scheme for rehabilitation and relocation of jhuggis before any action of eviction is undertakenThe union ministry of urban development on April 4 issued evictiondemolition notices to all residents of the jhuggis within one weekThe Delhi government had taken a plea before the Delhi High Court that the jhuggis in question was not notified under the DUSIB Act and hence the residents were not eligible for rehabilitationThe single judge and the division benches of the high court had relied upon the submissions of the DUSIB and dismissed the plea of residentsThe appeal filed in the apex court referred to a response received under the Right to Information Act and said that the city government and its authorities have not notified any Jhuggi in Delhi under the DUSIB Act and have only prepared a list of 675 jhuggis PTI SJK ANB ANB

New Delhi Apr 22 PTI The Supreme Court Friday declined to grant an interim stay against the proposed demolition of around 200 jhuggis at Sarojini Nagar here and seeking rehabilitation and relocation of their homes as per the government policy and posted the matter for hearing on April 25A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli was told by senior lawyer Vikas Singh that the residents needed protection as their dwellings are about to be demolishedThis matter pertains to jhuggis at Sarojini Nagar and the protection against demolition is only till Monday I do not want the same thing as happened in Jahangirpuri to happen here Please grant the status quo Singh who was assisted by lawyer Aman Panwar saidDuring the week the top court came to the rescue of residents of the riots-hit Jahangirpuri area of the national capital by asking authorities to stall their anti-encroachment driveThe bench while refusing to stay the proposed demolition in the present case said that the plea would be listed before an appropriate bench on Monday itselfThe plea filed through a minor Vaishali a jhuggi resident whose 10th board examinations are starting on April 26 said that the slum dwellers have been living there since 1980 and they do not want to stall any government project at the siteHowever the residents besides deferment of a proposed demolition for the time being wanted rehabilitation and relocation of their jhuggis as per the provisions of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board DUSIB ActDUSIB Act casts an obligation on the government authorities to frame a scheme for rehabilitation and relocation of the jhuggis before any action of eviction is undertakenThe union ministry of urban development on April 4 this year issued evictiondemolition notices to all residents of the jhuggis within one weekThe Delhi government had taken a plea before the Delhi High Court that the jhuggis in question was not notified under the DUSIB Act and hence the residents were not eligible for rehabilitationThe single judge and the division benches of the high court had relied upon the submissions of the DUSIB and dismissed the plea of residentsThe appeal filed in the apex court referred to a response received under the Right to Information Act and said that the city government and its authorities have not notified any Jhuggi in Delhi under the DUSIB Act and have only prepared a list of 675 jhuggis PTI SJK RKS RKS

New Delhi [India]. April 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday said that it will hear next Monday a plea related to the removal of 'jhuggis' in the Sarojini Nagar area of the national capital.

New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): The bodies of the seven people who lost their lives in a fire that broke out in the shanties of the Gokulpuri area last night are yet to be identified, Chief of the Delhi Fire Services Atul Garg said on Saturday.

New Delhi Sep 29 PTI The Supreme Court Wednesday ordered maintenance of status quo on the proposed demolition of around 40 jhuggis near the railway tracks in FaridabadA bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana passed the order after senior advocate Colin Gonsalves appearing for some slum dwellers mentioned the matter seeking urgent listing and said tractors and bulldozers are lining up at the site to demolish the slumsYou always come at the last moment said the bench also comprising justices Surya Kant and Hima KohliIt said the matter would be listed on Thursday before a bench headed by Justice A M KhanwilkarThe demolition would take place by then Tractors and bulldozers are lining up there I am mentioning as the Punjab and Haryana High Court has denied the relief the senior lawyer said adding the matter pertained to around 40 jhuggis near railways tracks at Faridabad in HaryanaThe bench said the matter would be listed for hearing on Thursday and till then the status quo be maintainedUpon being mentioned by Colin Gonsalves senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners we direct the registry to list the matter on September 30 2021 before a bench presided over by Justice A M Khanwilkar The parties are directed to maintain status quo till the next date of hearing the bench said in its order PTI ABA SJK ABA RKS RKS

New Delhi Aug 24 PTI The Supreme Court Tuesday ordered status quo on the demolition of around 5000 jhuggis in Gujarat for a Railway line projectA bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justice Surya Kant passed the order after the matter was mentioned for urgent listing before itSenior advocate Colin Gonsalves appearing for the petitioner told the bench that in compliance with the Gujarat High Courts August 19 order directing eviction of over 10000 slum dwellers the authorities were going to start the demolition work on Tuesday itselfList the matter on August 25 2021 before an appropriate bench Till August 25 2021 the concerned authorities are directed to maintain status quo the bench said in its orderGonsalves told the bench that the high court had vacated its July 23 2014 interim order of status quo and permitted the Western Railways to go ahead with the Surat-Udhna up to Jalgaon third Railway line projectThe plea filed by Surat-based Utran se Besthan Railway Jhopadpatti Vikas Mandal has said that irreparable injury would be caused to the slum dwellers who are residing on the Railway land if they are not provided with alternate arrangement and once they would be evicted and made homeless their condition would become more miserable especially during the COVID-19 pandemicThe petition filed through advocate Satya Mitra sought stay on the demolition of these jhuggis claiming that no breathing time has been given to the slum dwellers and authorities have been forcing them to vacate within 24 hoursIt has sought direction to authorities including the Centre and Gujarat government to rehabilitate the concerned slum dwellers It has also sought a direction to the Gujarat government to rehabilitate all those families which the Western Railways proposes to evict under the existing state rehabilitation scheme within stipulated time frameIt said the Western Railways be directed to formulate a rehabilitation policy for slum dwellers of the proposed site within stipulated time frameIt has also sought to declare the Gujarat slum rehabilitation policy as discriminatory arbitrary and unconstitutional as it does not include slum dwellers residing on the Railway landThe impugned order dated August 19 2021 violates the various judgments laid down by the Supreme Court of India in which the court has held Right to Housing as an important ingredient of Article 21 of the Constitution of India and has emphasized on the rehabilitation of the slum dwellers said the plea while challenging the high court orderIt alleged that the order of demolition without providing rehabilitation scheme for over 10000 slum dwellers is illegal inhuman and violates Article 21 protection of life and personal liberty of the ConstitutionIt said the petition has been filed for and on behalf of around 10000 slum dwellers who are living near the Railway lines in the city of SuratThey have been residing on Railway land for more than 60 years now Most of them have proof of residence with them Most of the residents have their Voter ID cards and Ration cards as proof of identity with them The slum settlements that would be demolished between Utran to Besthan are 21 in number it saidThe plea said there are cases of many re-settlements that have happened on case-to-case basis due to evictions or developmental projectsIt is true that the project of great public importance has to be completed as early as possible but the only grievance of the petitioners is that it should not be done without providing adequate rehabilitation to the slum dwellers The respondents have not come up with any rehabilitation policy for those slum dwellers who would be unjustly displaced and dislocated from the Railway land it saidIt said the state government had floated a scheme -- Gujarat Slum Rehabilitation Policy 2013 -- as per which slum dwellers are to be provided with dwelling unitsresidents by the government authoritiesThe plea said the high court in an order passed in March 2016 in the case had said that unless a suitable and effective rehabilitation scheme of slum dwellers is framed by the Railway administration it is not possible to permit the demolition to take place The High Court has been asking the Western Railway to come up with the rehabilitation policy for the said site since 2016 Even after five years have passed the Railway authorities did not come up with any rehabilitation plan for the same it allegedIt said slum dwellers whose jhuggis are on the municipal corporation land are eligible for rehabilitation and are protected from eviction without rehabilitation but unfortunately those who are on the Railway land are not covered under the Gujarat Slum Rehabilitation Policy 2013It said a notice dated August 21 was put up by the Western Railway authority stating that within 24 hours the demolition drive would start and later the slum dwellers residing at the Railway line were asked to vacate their houses stating that demolition would take place on August 24 PTI ABA SJK SA