The Court passed the directions while dealing with a batch of petitions challenging the demolition drive.
It was argued that DDA’s demolition order targets unauthorized occupations specifically in the vicinity of Village Ladha Sarai, rather than Village Mehrauli. Consequently, they argued that such orders should not extend to or affect their properties.
The petitioners contended that they were not given fair hearing before the demolition drive began and this amounted to violation of Section 30(1) of the DDA Act
The Court was told that there are several petitions pending before the single-judge and a public interest litigation (PIL) is also pending dealing with the same issue.
Therefore, the Court decided to tag the matters together and rendered a consolidated judgement.
Source: Barandbench
