Delhi High Court Directs DDA To Maintain Status Quo On Land Where 600-Yr-Old Mosque In Mehrauli Was Demolished
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi High Court Directs DDA To Maintain Status Quo On Land Where 600-Yr-Old Mosque In Mehrauli Was Demolished

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The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Delhi Development Authority to maintain status quo on the land on which the 600-year-old mosque, Masjid Akhonji, was demolished in city's Mehrauli area.Justice Sachin Datta passed the order while dealing with an urgent application filed by the Managing Committee of the Delhi Waqf Board. The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Delhi Development Authority to maintain status quo on the land on which the 600-year-old mosque, Masjid Akhonji, was demolished in city's Mehrauli area. Justice Sachin Datta passed the order while dealing with an urgent application filed by the Managing Committee of the Delhi Waqf Board. The counsel appearing for the Managing Committee of Delhi Waqf Board submitted that the demolition was carried out by DDA illegally and in violation of judicial orders.

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Delhi High Court Orders DDA, MCD To Demarcate Their Jurisdictions; Asks LG To Consider Conducting Survey
1 month ago

Delhi High Court Orders DDA, MCD To Demarcate Their Jurisdictions; Asks LG To Consider Conducting Survey

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Development Authority and Municipal Corporation of Delhi to demarcate their boundaries and jurisdictions in the national capital with precision as far as possible.“The Hon'ble Lieutenant Governor is directed to consider extending the survey to the whole of Delhi so that the jurisdiction of all statutory. The Delhi High Court has directed the …

MCD's "Helplessness" To Take Action Against Illegal Constructions Reflects "Connivance" With Builder: Delhi High Court
4 months, 1 week ago

MCD's "Helplessness" To Take Action Against Illegal Constructions Reflects "Connivance" With Builder: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court disapproved the conduct of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi for failing to take any effective actions against unauthorised constructions, despite having issued a demolition order against such illegal constructions. It remarked “This Court cannot permit a situation where rampant unauthorized construction continues to be raised with impunity, and the municipal authority fails or is unable to …

Supreme Court Seeks Reports From ASI & NMA In Plea To Protect Monuments In Delhi's Mehrauli
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Seeks Reports From ASI & NMA In Plea To Protect Monuments In Delhi's Mehrauli

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today impleaded the Archaeological Survey of India in a plea seeking protection for centuries-old religious structures inside the Mehrauli Archaeological Park in Delhi, including the 13th-century Ashiq Allah Dargah and Chillagah of Baba Farid. The Division Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar were hearing an SLP against the Delhi High Court's order, which refused to …

Why is DDA conducting demolition drive in Delhi's Majnu Ka Tila?
5 months, 1 week ago

Why is DDA conducting demolition drive in Delhi's Majnu Ka Tila?

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi Development Authority will be conducting a demolition drive in the Majnu Ka Tila locality on July 13 and 14 against the encroachment on the Yamuna flood plain near the South of Gurdwara. Residents of the area protest the DDA demolition drive at Majnu Ka Tila in north Delhi. The encroachment drive is being carried out to remove the …

Petitioners In Contempt Case Against DDA Should Not Be Harassed : Supreme Court To Delhi Police
5 months, 1 week ago

Petitioners In Contempt Case Against DDA Should Not Be Harassed : Supreme Court To Delhi Police

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday stated that no authority shall harass the petitioners who filed a contempt case against the Delhi Development Authority over illegal tree felling in Delhi Ridge Forest Area. It may be noted that the Supreme Court has taken suo motu criminal contempt action against the Vice Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority for illegally cutting the …

Demolition drive: Delhi HC asks authorities to grant 1 month for vacating mosque premises
6 months, 1 week ago

Demolition drive: Delhi HC asks authorities to grant 1 month for vacating mosque premises

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed the DDA and a local religious body to grant one month's time to the caretaker of a mosque and madarsa to vacate the Hazrat Nizamuddin-based masjid premises which has been decided to be demolished by the authorities.A vacation bench of Justice Amit Sharma, in an order passed on Wednesday, made it clear …

Criminal contempt notice to DDA Vice Chairman for felling trees in Delhi's Ridge
7 months, 1 week ago

Criminal contempt notice to DDA Vice Chairman for felling trees in Delhi's Ridge

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Thursday came down heavily on the Delhi Development Authority Vice Chairman Subhasish Panda for violating its order of not cutting down trees in the national capital's protected ridge area. According to the affidavit filed by the DDA vice chairman, a total of 642 trees were felled, of which 468 were on forest land and 175 were …

Supreme Court upholds Madras HC order to raze mosque constructed illegally on public land in Chennai
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court upholds Madras HC order to raze mosque constructed illegally on public land in Chennai

Op India  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, 27th February, upheld the demolition of a Chennai mosque illegally constructed on public land. The SC dismissed an appeal filed by Hydha Muslim Welfare Masjid-E-Hidaya and Madrasa against the Madras High Court order from 22nd November 2023 for the removal of the mosque. The court further noted, “The petitioner is admittedly not the owner of …

No 'Shab-e-Barat' prayers at demolished Akhoondji Mosque: Delhi High Court
10 months ago

No 'Shab-e-Barat' prayers at demolished Akhoondji Mosque: Delhi High Court

Op India  

The Delhi High Court on 23rd February refused to permit prayers at the recently demolished ‘Akhoondji mosque’ and the nearby graveyard in Mehrauli on the occasion of ‘Shab-e-Barat’. A single-judge bench of Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav after hearing an application from the Delhi Waqf Board managing committee observed that the court had instructed the site to remain in the status …

Delhi high court asks DDA to maintain status quo of Mehrauli mosque land
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi high court asks DDA to maintain status quo of Mehrauli mosque land

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court on Monday directed the Delhi Development Authority to maintain status quo of the land located in the city’s Mehrauli area, on which the 600-year-old Akhoondji Masjid was demolished, till February 12. The Delhi high court said that its order would not preclude DDA from acting against other illegal properties in the area. The court was considering …

DDA demolishes mosque in Mehrauli, cites drive against encroachments
10 months, 3 weeks ago

DDA demolishes mosque in Mehrauli, cites drive against encroachments

The Hindu  

The Delhi Development Authority on Tuesday carried out an “unannounced” demolition of a mosque in Mehrauli believed to have been constructed over 500 years ago, with officials citing the action as part of the agency’s drive against encroachments. Commenting on the action, a senior DDA official said the demolition was carried out following the Ridge Management Board’s decision to remove …

HC seeks Centre’s response in plea over demolition of dargah in Delhi
11 months, 2 weeks ago

HC seeks Centre’s response in plea over demolition of dargah in Delhi

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court on Wednesday sought the Centre’s response in a plea seeking to stop the city’s Public Works Department from carrying out further demolitions at the Dargah Sharif Hazrat Mamu Bhanje in central Delhi’s Jhandewalan. The centre was referring to an order in April of last year in which the high court refused to halt L&DO’s takeover or …

Sunehri Masjid Demolition is a Violation of Muslims' Rights: Owaisi
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Sunehri Masjid Demolition is a Violation of Muslims' Rights: Owaisi

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has strongly opposed the proposed demolition of Sunehri masjid in Delhi as part of proposals for ensuring ‘sustainable mobility’ in the national capital and called on the New Delhi Municipal Corporation to drop its plans. Describing the masjid as a heritage structure that “predates the establishment of New Delhi and NDMC” and that it was …

Explained | What is the tussle between the Central government and the Delhi Waqf Board?
1 year, 3 months ago

Explained | What is the tussle between the Central government and the Delhi Waqf Board?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has taken over 123 properties belonging to the Delhi Waqf Board. The Delhi Waqf Board disputed the committee’s contention, arguing that it had resulted in “widespread panic, fear and resentment” among the Muslim community. Almost two weeks after the properties ‘allegedly’ lapsed into the hands of the Centre, the …

Delhi Waqf Board not owner of properties, can only be custodian: Centre to HC
1 year, 7 months ago

Delhi Waqf Board not owner of properties, can only be custodian: Centre to HC

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi Waqf Board is not and cannot be the owner of any of the 123 properties and at best could only be a custodian, that too only if it’s a Waqf property, the Union government has told the Delhi high court while opposing the Board’s plea against the inspection of the properties absolved of its control. The Land and …

Demolition at madrasa: HC tells Centre not to take ‘precipitative’ action
1 year, 8 months ago

Demolition at madrasa: HC tells Centre not to take ‘precipitative’ action

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court on Thursday asked the union government to not take any precipitative action against any of the 123 properties of the Delhi Waqf Board till Tuesday after the latter claimed that the boundary wall of Babar Road mosque was demolished by the authorities on April 11 despite the pending litigation in the court. In a fresh application …

Mosque wall in Delhi demolished over encroachment, committee says got no prior notice
1 year, 8 months ago

Mosque wall in Delhi demolished over encroachment, committee says got no prior notice

India Today  

A portion of a mosque in Delhi's Bengali Market area was demolished on Tuesday over encroachment. However, the mosque committee claimed they had received no prior notice. The demolition was carried out by the New Delhi Municipal Council in the presence of heavy police deployment, prompting the mosque management to claim that the bulldozer action came without any information or …

Delhi Waqf Board says Centre can’t take over its properties
1 year, 9 months ago

Delhi Waqf Board says Centre can’t take over its properties

Hindustan Times  

More than a month after the central government absolved the Delhi Waqf Board of all matters pertaining to 123 properties in the city, the latter has told the Delhi high court that the Centre did not have the power to do so as the properties have been in their possession for more than 120 years. The Delhi Waqf Board had …

Conversion Of Public Places Of Worship Into Residences By Caretakers Is Contrary To Law: Delhi High Court Orders Waqf Board To Secure Mosque Property
1 year, 9 months ago

Conversion Of Public Places Of Worship Into Residences By Caretakers Is Contrary To Law: Delhi High Court Orders Waqf Board To Secure Mosque Property

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has ruled that conversion of public places of worship into residences and their occupation by persons, who take care of the places, is contrary to law. Noting that the Mosque was allotted in favour of the Delhi Waqf Board by the Delhi Administration in 1945, by way of a Gazette Notification, the court said even though …

High Court Asks Delhi Waqf Board To File Separate Petition Against Centre’s Decision On Status Of 123 Properties, Refuses Interim Relief
1 year, 10 months ago

High Court Asks Delhi Waqf Board To File Separate Petition Against Centre’s Decision On Status Of 123 Properties, Refuses Interim Relief

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Delhi Waqf Board to file a separate petition to challenge Central Government’s decision to “absolve” the board from all matters pertaining to 123 properties, which have been under dispute for a long time. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri refused to pass an urgent order in Delhi Waqf Board’s application moved in a pending petition …

Delhi High Court Orders Status Quo On DDA’s Demolition Drive Against Various Properties In Mehrauli
1 year, 10 months ago

Delhi High Court Orders Status Quo On DDA’s Demolition Drive Against Various Properties In Mehrauli

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday ordered status quo on Delhi Development Authority’s action of demolishing various properties near Mehrauli Archaeological Park area, till February 16. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora passed the order while hearing a bunch of pleas against the demolition drive being carried out by DDA near Mehrauli Archaeological Park in Ladha Sarai village.While. Justice Manmeet Pritam …

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea To Restrain DDA From Carrying Out Demolition Drive In Mehrauli Archeological Park Till Fresh Demarcation
1 year, 10 months ago

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea To Restrain DDA From Carrying Out Demolition Drive In Mehrauli Archeological Park Till Fresh Demarcation

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a plea seeking directions to restrain Delhi Development Authority from carrying out its demolition drive near Mehrauli Archaeological Park till a fresh demarcation of the area is conducted.Justice Mini Pushkarna was hearing a plea moved by Mehrauli Minorities Resident and Shop Owners Welfare Association, a registered society, for. The Delhi High …

Mehrauli residents say legal buildings being razed
1 year, 10 months ago

Mehrauli residents say legal buildings being razed

The Hindu  

Demolitions by the Delhi Development Authority under its ‘anti-encroachment drive’ in Mehrauli continued for the fourth day, amid tight police presence near Bhool Bhulaiya monument. On Monday, AAP MLA Somnath Bharti urged Lieutenant-Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena — also the DDA chairperson — to stop the drive and that a fresh demarcation exercise be conducted since the report tabled during the …

Delhi: DDA's Anti-encroachment Drive Continues in Mehrauli for 2nd Day Amid Protests
1 year, 10 months ago

Delhi: DDA's Anti-encroachment Drive Continues in Mehrauli for 2nd Day Amid Protests

News 18  

For a second consecutive day, the Delhi Development Authority on Saturday continued an anti-encroachment drive in the Mehrauli area amid protests by locals. Residents of the area said that the DDA had demolished two three-storeyed buildings near the Aulia Masjid at Andheria Mor along with shanties. On Friday, several three- and four-storeyed structures that had come up illegally on the …

Demolition Action Cannot Be Taken Against Allegedly Unauthorised Property Unless Owner/ Resident Is Given Adequate Opportunity Of Hearing: Delhi HC
2 years, 3 months ago

Demolition Action Cannot Be Taken Against Allegedly Unauthorised Property Unless Owner/ Resident Is Given Adequate Opportunity Of Hearing: Delhi HC

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has observed that a property cannot be demolished on the ground that it is unauthorized, unless the owner or resident is given an adequate opportunity of hearing. "To my mind, there can be no question of demolishing any property on the ground that it is unauthorized, until and unless the person owning the property and/or in …

Bombay High Court Directs Demolition Over 100-Year-Old Dilapidated Widows Hostel Building In Mumbai
2 years, 3 months ago

Bombay High Court Directs Demolition Over 100-Year-Old Dilapidated Widows Hostel Building In Mumbai

Live Law  

Bombay High Court has upheld the demolition order of an over 100-year-old dilapidated C-1 category building in Mumbai that was home to widows from the Parsi community. The court ruled that the seven tests to check the building's strength under BMC's 2018 guidelines were not mandatory for load bearing structures like the present one and the guidelines would apply only …

CPI(M) Delhi State Committee Moves Supreme Court Against Demolition Drives In Different Areas Of South Delhi
2 years, 7 months ago

CPI(M) Delhi State Committee Moves Supreme Court Against Demolition Drives In Different Areas Of South Delhi

Live Law  

The Delhi State Committee Communist Party of India has recently moved the Supreme Court challenging the 'illegal' demolition drive being undertaken in different areas of South Delhi. Inspite of order of the Apex Court, the authorities went ahead with the demolition drive asserting they would not discontinue the 'encroachment removal operation' until and unless the court order is produced before …

No demolition in Jahangirpuri for now, next hearing in 2 weeks | What happened in Supreme Court today
2 years, 8 months ago

No demolition in Jahangirpuri for now, next hearing in 2 weeks | What happened in Supreme Court today

India Today  

The Supreme Court maintained status quo in the Jahangirpuri demolition case on Thursday and posted the next hearing in the matter for two weeks from now. The Supreme Court also issued notices to the North Delhi Municipal Corporation, Delhi Police, state government and Centre in all petitions filed in the matter. FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES ON JAHANGIRPURI DEMOLITION CASE STORY SO …

Supreme Court stepped in to stop demolition in Delhi’s violence-hit Jahangirpuri
2 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court stepped in to stop demolition in Delhi’s violence-hit Jahangirpuri

Hindustan Times  

Hours after several bulldozers entered Delhi’s violence-hit Jahangirpuri on Tuesday and began tearing down alleged illegal constructions and encroachments in the area, the Supreme Court ordered a status quo on the demolition drive by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation, restraining the authorities from proceeding any further -- although it took at least another 90 minutes for the local body to …

"It Will Become Garbage Land": Delhi High Court Expresses Concern Over Condition Of Public Parks Near Jama Masjid
2 years, 8 months ago

"It Will Become Garbage Land": Delhi High Court Expresses Concern Over Condition Of Public Parks Near Jama Masjid

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday expressed concern over the illegal and unauthorised encroachment of public parks situated around Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Tomb and Meena Bazaar Market in Jama Masjid area of the city.A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla thus ordered the North Delhi Municipal Corporation and the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement. …

Unless Order Of Demolition Specifically Indicates Extent Of Unauthorised Construction, It Cannot Be Implemented: Calcutta HC
2 years, 8 months ago

Unless Order Of Demolition Specifically Indicates Extent Of Unauthorised Construction, It Cannot Be Implemented: Calcutta HC

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has recently observed that unless an order of demolition specifically indicates the nature of the deviation and the extent of unauthorised construction which is to be demolished, such an order cannot be implemented. Justice Shampa Sarkar observed, "In the opinion of the Court unless the order of demolition specifically indicates the nature of the deviation and …

High Court Issues Notice On Plea By Delhi Waqf Board Over Centre's Decision To Delist 123 Properties, Refuses Interim Relief
2 years, 9 months ago

High Court Issues Notice On Plea By Delhi Waqf Board Over Centre's Decision To Delist 123 Properties, Refuses Interim Relief

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a plea filed by Delhi Waqf Board aggrieved by the action of the Centre to delist 123 properties, purportedly belonging to it. Justice Yashwant Varma however refused to grant any stay in connection of transfer of one of the 123 waqf properties, i.e., Qabristan Qadeem by the Centre in favour of …

Delhi High Court Directs Police To Ensure No Encroachment By Any Miscreant On Temple, No Law And Order Issue In Area
3 years, 2 months ago

Delhi High Court Directs Police To Ensure No Encroachment By Any Miscreant On Temple, No Law And Order Issue In Area

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Police to ensure that no encroachment happens on a 'Mandir' a part of which was claimed to have been demolished overnight by the Municipal Corporation. Directing that the layout plan of the temple must be ensured to be protected, Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva also directed the Police to ensure that there is no …

Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Stand On Plea By Delhi Waqf Board Seeking Protection Of Religious Properties Amid Central Vista Redevelopment Project
3 years, 3 months ago

Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Stand On Plea By Delhi Waqf Board Seeking Protection Of Religious Properties Amid Central Vista Redevelopment Project

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought Centre's stand on the petition moved by Delhi Waqf Board seeking preservation and protection of religious/waqf properties of historical importance amid the ongoing Central Vista Redevelopment Project.Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva asked the Centre to seek instructions in the matter while posting the case for further hearing on September 29. The Delhi High Court on …

"Can't Consider Delhi HC's Order As A Precedent":Bombay High Court Refuses To Allow Ramadan Prayers In Juma Masjid Mosque
3 years, 8 months ago

"Can't Consider Delhi HC's Order As A Precedent":Bombay High Court Refuses To Allow Ramadan Prayers In Juma Masjid Mosque

Live Law  

A vacation bench of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to allow the Juma Masjid mosque in Mumbai to open up for prayers during the holy month of Ramadan, in view of the ongoing critical covid situation in the State. The Bench observed that the Delhi High Court's order of April 12 2021, in Delhi Waqf Board v/s. In …

Lodhi Road Mosque Anti-Demolition Plea: Delhi High Court Directs Govt. To Fill Vacancies In Waqf Tribunal Expeditiously
3 years, 8 months ago

Lodhi Road Mosque Anti-Demolition Plea: Delhi High Court Directs Govt. To Fill Vacancies In Waqf Tribunal Expeditiously

Live Law  

Hearing a plea by the Delhi Waqf Board challenging the demolition order of an ancient mosque alongside on Lodhi Road in New Delhi, for use of the land by the Central Reserve Police Force, a single judge bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva has directed the Delhi Government to expeditiously fill up vacancies in the Delhi Waqf Tribunal - which is …

HC seeks clarity on plan to demolish Lal Masjid
3 years, 8 months ago

HC seeks clarity on plan to demolish Lal Masjid

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Tuesday sought to know from the Centre and Central Reserve Police Force by Wednesday if they had plans to demolish the Lal Masjid, an ancient mosque situated on a disputed land near Lodhi Road in the national capital. HT Image Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, while hearing a plea by the Delhi Waqf Board challenging …

Delhi High Court Impleads Centre, Directs Delhi Govt, Delhi Police To File Status Report On Reopening Of Hazrat Nizamuddin Markaz
3 years, 10 months ago

Delhi High Court Impleads Centre, Directs Delhi Govt, Delhi Police To File Status Report On Reopening Of Hazrat Nizamuddin Markaz

Live Law  

Hearing a petition by the Delhi Waqf Board through its Chairman, for the reopening of the Hazrat Nizamuddin Markaz on the Delhi Waqf Board's premises in New Delhi, the Delhi High Court today directed the Delhi Government and Delhi Police to file their status report and replies to the petition. The petition states that the central government vide its guidelines …

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