Supreme Court Asks Railways To Explain Contrary Positions Taken In Different Cases On Rehabilitation Policy For Slum Dwellers
3 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Asks Railways To Explain Contrary Positions Taken In Different Cases On Rehabilitation Policy For Slum Dwellers

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The Supreme Court today pulled the Ministry of Railway for taking contradictory stands before different forums including the Top Court with regards to its Rehabilitation Policy for evicted slum dwellers.The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar directed the Secretary, Ministry of Railways to explain the conflicting position taken before different forums including. The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar directed the Secretary, Ministry of Railways to explain the conflicting position taken before different forums including Supreme Court of India, Gujarat High Court & Punjab & Haryana High Court with regards to the Rehabilitation Policy by filing an affidavit. We call upon the Secretary, Ministry of Railways to explain the conflicting position taken before different forums including Supreme Court of India, Gujarat High Court & Punjab & Haryana High Court by filing an affidavit. To submit that the stand taken by the Ministry of Railways that it did not have any rehabilitation policy for evicted slum dwellers was not correct, the Senior Counsel relied on the Ministry's stand taken before the Delhi High Court in Ajay Maken's case 2019 SCC Online Del 7618 in which the Ministry had submitted that it had Delhi Plan which was a Door Step Plan.

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