New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday directed the authorities that the Kalkaji Temple's redevelopment can be carried out without dispossessing the priests from the premises where they are presently residing.
New Delhi Mar 25 PTI The Supreme Court Friday refused to interfere with the Delhi High Court order directing removal of encroachments and unauthorised occupants and shopkeepers who do not have any valid legal rights to occupy the shops in Kalkaji Temple in South Delhi hereA bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Surya Kant said We are not inclined to entertain the plea We grant liberty to the petitioners to move the administrator appointed by the High Court with their grievances and the administrator will place the report before the High Court for suitable directionsThe bench said In some matters we need to trust our High Courts We all have been judges of the High Court We are not here as an appellate forum in every matter The dignity of the deity must be preservedAt the outset the bench told senior advocate P N Mishra appearing for the petitioners that they should have cooperated with the driveWe have seen the judgement of the High Court The reason that the High Court has considered is the fact that Navaratri is starting and you are only interested in making money the bench saidMishra submitted that his clients are not interested in the money but the land which belongs to them and they have been there for yearsThe bench said that those displaced will be rehabilitatedMishra pointed to the report filed by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate SDM which said that the land belonged to the Pujaris priests and not to the deityWhen the court had entertained the petition in 2013 these Pujaris came forward with the claim of their land A direction was issued to the SDM to ascertain the actual owner of the land The SDM filed the affidavit which said that it is a private land belonging to the Pujaris and not of deity It is not government land but private land he said Mishra said that demolition is taking place of Jhuggis which are unauthorised constructions but there are Dharamshalas which are 200 years old and these Pujaris are staying there with their families for yearsThe bench said You can very well approach the administrator appointed by the High Court with your grievances or you can approach the High CourtJustice Surya Kant said that there are no directions as such to evict the Pujaris and the order only deals with unauthorised constructionsJustice Chandrachud said that the urgency in the matter is Navratra festival and moreover the High Court is seized of the matterOn September 27 last year the High Court had directed removal of encroachments and unauthorised occupants and shopkeepers who do not have any valid legal rights to occupy the shops in Kalkaji Temple in South Delhi and said the action be taken within five days keeping in view the forthcoming Navratrai festival The high court had said it is essential for a temple where thousands of devotees visit for conducting puja every day irrespective of its public or private status to be devoid of unauthorised encroachments which results in extreme inconvenience and safety and security concerns for the devotees It had appointed retired Delhi High Court judge Justice J R Midha as the administrator of the Kalkaji Temple for performing various functions in relation to the religious placeThe High Court had also appointed Goonmeet Singh Chauhan a renowned Architect who has undertaken various projects of public importance to submit a re-development plan for the Kalkaji Mandir and the entire surrounding complex and said he shall work closely with the Administrator and his team The court had said that the mandate of the administrator shall be to take all necessary steps in the interest of devotees pilgrims baridaars persons managing temple affairs in order to ensure their safety and security as also to preserve the integrity and sanctity of the deity and the mandir which is of utmost historical importance to the people of DelhiIt had directed that all unauthorised occupantsencroachers who do not enjoy valid tehbazari licences and are in unauthorised occupation of the premises would be liable to be removed until and unless there is a court order protecting the occupant PTI MNL SA
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has called for a meeting between the Administrator, and the baridaars in respect of the development and creation of temporary structures for shops and kiosks among other interim measures for the purpose of Kalkaji Temple premises.
New Delhi Oct 25 PTI The Delhi Police has booked a man for allegedly harassing a teenage girl in southeast Delhi officials said on MondayA case under sections of Indian Penal Code and 12 POCSO Act has been registered at Amar Colony police station they saidThe 15-year-old complainant said that she along with her father used to visit Kalkaji Temple daily and the accused identified as Amit 40 who is a volunteer at the temple met her during prayers a senior police officer said adding that both exchanged numbers following this The accused used to stare at her but the girl ignored him several times However the accused persisted and also sent indecent WhatsApp messages to her a senior police officer saidWhen her parents objected to this the accused apologized but after sometime he again started harassing her and threatened her the officer saidThe accused also cropped the girls photo and uploaded it on his own WhatsApp status which could be seen by others the officer saidHe is a resident of Sarai Julena are here and efforts are being made to arrest him police addedIn another incident seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man in central Delhis Ranjeet Nagar area The accused was arrested on Sunday from Kalanaur in Haryanas Rohtak districtThe incident took place on Friday when the victim was going to a place near her house where food was being distributed for free PTI NIT NIT TDS TDS
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