Noida Aug 31 PTI With the Supreme Court ordering demolition of Supertechs 40-storey illegal twin towers in Noida Sector 93 residents of the realty firms Emerald Court on Tuesday said the truth has prevailed and their faith in the apex court has grown stronger They heaved a sigh of relief that their decade-long legal battle came to an end with the top court ordering the demolition of the two illegal high-rise towers on their premises Residents said the housing project has 660 flats across 15 towers but in 2009 work started on the two towers coming up in the violation of building by-laws but they were told the construction was part of a separate project We however insisted on seeing drawings and approvals of the project which appeared to be huge and against rules stipulating a certain distance between two such structures After several efforts we got to see the drawings and were shocked after realising that we were being taken for a ride by the builder with brazen violation of rules former president S K Sharma of Emerald Courts RWA told PTI After this some of the residents in 2012 moved the Allahabad High Court which ordered the demolition of the two towers two years later but the realtor challenged it in the Supreme Court An apex court bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah Tuesday said the April 11 2014 verdict of the Allahabad High Court does not deserve any interference Truth has prevailed and our faith in the Supreme Court has grown stronger We had knocked all other doors over the years as we went against the influential builder the 74-year-old Sharma said Rachana Jain another resident of Emerald Court said the top courts order has come as a victory for all residents who stood against wrong being done Her husband late M K Jain was part of the core legal committee of the housing societys residents which had taken up the case against the builder in the court Theres no doubt that he would have been very happy with this decision of the court she said recalling her husband as a brave man who fought injustice for around a decade before succumbing to COVID-19 last year Noida and Greater Noida residents bodies also hailed the top court order which slammed the local development authority for colluding with the builder Noida Federation of Apartment Owners Associations NOFAA president Rajiva Singh hailed the SC order as indeed a landmark judgment and a great win not only for the Emerald Courts RWA team but the families of the entire home buyers community The judgment leaves the buyers with immense confidence in the legal system of the country This should be the beginning for the much-needed corrections in the system the way our developers and the governing bodies operate Singh said Manish Kumar of the Noida Extension Flat Owners Welfare Association NEFOWA said the order is in favour of the residents and a great blow to Supertech Ltd and Noida Authority The order also states that action is to be taken against erring officials of the Noida Authority and whosoever is found or named guilty must be prosecuted and penalised heavily Kumar said The apex court has directed that the twin towers be demolished within three months and all demolition expenses are borne by Supertech which however has said it would be moving the apex court for a review of its order PTI KIS RAX RAX