Jahangirpuri Demolition Drive

'No house demolished' in Delhi's riot-hit Jahangirpuri, 'not targeting any community': civic body NDMC to Supreme Court

The Supreme Court refuses to entertain CPM's plea against the demolitions carried out by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation in Shaheen Bagh and other areas, objecting to what it said a "political party approaching the court". 

As households across the country celebrate Eid and Akshaya Tritiya today, the mood in Northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri is sombre as residents pick up the pieces after the communal clash last month and the demolition drive thereafter.

Unfazed by the criticism over demolition drive in Jahangirpuri, BJP-ruled south and east civic bodies on Friday said they will intensify anti-encroachment drives in their jurisdictions and will continue to identify structures encroaching public land.

A day after the contentious demolition drive in violence-hit Jahangirpuri, leaders of the Communist Party of India and Samajwadi Party on Friday made a beeline for the area to meet the local residents, but were stopped by police.

"Do you need bulldozers to clear stalls, chairs, tables, and boxes," asked the Supreme Court during the hearing on Thursday concerning the anti-encroachment drive in the violence-hit Jahangirpuri area of the national capital.

The Supreme Court intervened to stop the demolition drive in Jahangirpuri and ordered that status quo should be maintained.

The Supreme Court today said demolitions will be on hold in Delhi's Jahangirpuri, where bulldozers rolled in four days after communal violence on Saturday. The court said it would take a "serious view" of demolitions that took place after its order.

A day after the NDMC's demolition drive following communal clashes, Jahangirpuri's C-Block, the epicentre of Saturday's violence, witnessed heavy security deployment and barricading.

A day after BJP-ruled NDMC razed several "illegal" structures in violence-hit Jahangirpuri, the party's Delhi unit chief Adesh Gupta said he would write to east and south Delhi mayors also to conduct similar drives in their areas.

Demanding action against the civic bodies for letting illegal construction take place in the capital, Aam Aadmi Party MLA Atishi on Thursday hoped the Supreme Court will take strict action against those who allowed illegal construction in Delhi.

A delegation of Congress leaders visited violence-hit Jahangirpuri on Thursday but were stopped by the police from going to the area where an anti-encroachment drive was conducted by the North MCD a day before.

A delegation of 16 members of Congress will visit the Jahangirpuri area on Thursday, where the demolition drive was carried out by the civic body, a day before.

A day after bulldozers were sent to Delhi's Jahangirpuri, where communal violence had erupted on Saturday, the Supreme Court said it would take a "serious view" of demolitions that took place after its order pausing them.

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for calling the demolition drive in Delhi's Jahangirpuri area a "demolition of India's constitutional values".

'No house demolished' in Delhi's riot-hit Jahangirpuri, 'not targeting any community': civic body NDMC to Supreme Court

The Supreme Court refuses to entertain CPM's plea against the demolitions carried out by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation in Shaheen Bagh and other areas, objecting to what it said a "political party approaching the court". 

As households across the country celebrate Eid and Akshaya Tritiya today, the mood in Northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri is sombre as residents pick up the pieces after the communal clash last month and the demolition drive thereafter.

Unfazed by the criticism over demolition drive in Jahangirpuri, BJP-ruled south and east civic bodies on Friday said they will intensify anti-encroachment drives in their jurisdictions and will continue to identify structures encroaching public land.

A day after the contentious demolition drive in violence-hit Jahangirpuri, leaders of the Communist Party of India and Samajwadi Party on Friday made a beeline for the area to meet the local residents, but were stopped by police.

"Do you need bulldozers to clear stalls, chairs, tables, and boxes," asked the Supreme Court during the hearing on Thursday concerning the anti-encroachment drive in the violence-hit Jahangirpuri area of the national capital.

The Supreme Court intervened to stop the demolition drive in Jahangirpuri and ordered that status quo should be maintained.

The Supreme Court today said demolitions will be on hold in Delhi's Jahangirpuri, where bulldozers rolled in four days after communal violence on Saturday. The court said it would take a "serious view" of demolitions that took place after its order.

A day after the NDMC's demolition drive following communal clashes, Jahangirpuri's C-Block, the epicentre of Saturday's violence, witnessed heavy security deployment and barricading.

A day after BJP-ruled NDMC razed several "illegal" structures in violence-hit Jahangirpuri, the party's Delhi unit chief Adesh Gupta said he would write to east and south Delhi mayors also to conduct similar drives in their areas.

Demanding action against the civic bodies for letting illegal construction take place in the capital, Aam Aadmi Party MLA Atishi on Thursday hoped the Supreme Court will take strict action against those who allowed illegal construction in Delhi.

A delegation of Congress leaders visited violence-hit Jahangirpuri on Thursday but were stopped by the police from going to the area where an anti-encroachment drive was conducted by the North MCD a day before.

A delegation of 16 members of Congress will visit the Jahangirpuri area on Thursday, where the demolition drive was carried out by the civic body, a day before.

A day after bulldozers were sent to Delhi's Jahangirpuri, where communal violence had erupted on Saturday, the Supreme Court said it would take a "serious view" of demolitions that took place after its order pausing them.

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for calling the demolition drive in Delhi's Jahangirpuri area a "demolition of India's constitutional values".