The Supreme Court on Thursday extended its order halting demolitions in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri, where violence erupted April 16 as a Hanuman Jayanti procession was passing through a Muslim-dominated residential block.
A bench led by Justice Nageswara Rao directed the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), which led yesterday’s ‘anti-encroachment drive’ against continuing demolitions till final orders are passed.
The court said it would take a ‘serious view’ of any such incident; the warning came after the court was forced to intervene yesterday because demolitions continued for two hours after Chief Justice NV Ramana ordered they be halted.