A bench of Justices KM Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy issued notice and granted stay in a petition that challenged an order of the Delhi High Court refusing to pass directions for rehabilitation of slum dwellers at Sarojini Nagar whose jhuggis (slum houses) are being demolished.
The bench emphasised that a modern government should not throw the petitioners out of their houses but should engaged with them,
“You say that you have to vacate the land. Now these people have come from all over the country and they cannot afford rates (for rent) elsewhere. As a modern government you cannot say you will throw them out. You have to engage willingly,” the bench remarked.
Source: Barandbench
