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Supreme Court is hearing a petition filed by jhuggi dwellers from Sarojini Nagar against the eviction orders without rehabilitation of slum dwellers
#Demolition #SupremeCourt

Sr Adv Vikas Singh: can we just banish them where do you expect thousands of people to go? there has to be some scheme.
#supremecourt

Singh : Board exams are starting from tomorrow and the petitioners are students milords. there are precedents that they have to be rehabilitated #supremecourt

Counsel for Delhi government says that the slum dwellers must be protected as they are the jhuggi protection scheme

Justice KM Joseph asks petitioner to read the Ajay Maken judgment

Justice KM Joseph: we read your impugned notice. You say that you have to vacate the land. now these people have come from all over the country and they cannot afford rates elsewhere. as a modern govt you cannot say you will throw them out. you have to engage willingly

SC: Issue notice. ASG seeks time to address the court. List matter on Monday. we record submission that there will be no coercive action on site of respondent no 1. #supremecourt

ASG: Please say action against petitioners. In the garb of PIL they cannot espouse the cause for everyone. #supremecourt

Sr Adv Vikas Singh points to the petition saying that 1,000 will be ousted if they are removed

ASG relies on the prayer in the plea which concerns the petitioner

Justice Joseph: it will not be fair if we just allow the petitioners to stay and others be removed

Justice Hrishikesh Roy: should it be that only 2 persons be protected and others are not protected? See in one week that order applies to the two and not others. will you conduct this exercise and then do the demolition. this is a trick submission

Justice Roy: when an intelligent counsel (ASG) is making a submission then we will pose an intelligent query, is it not. when we are examining the matter then it should not be precipitated. if you are having difficulty then we will say it. should we? they are asking for a survey

Sr Adv Singh: 172 names are already there. Each of them are head of family and there are family members there in.

SC: In the act there is a definition of Jhuggi. You have defined it as sanitation is bad etc and thereby you rehabilitate them

SC: If you see the judgments of this court, it is about the fundamental rights of the jhuggi dwellers as well. #supremecourt