The Supreme Court will hear on Thursday, a petition challenging the decision of the Uttarakhand High Court, which ordered eviction of unauthorised occupants from the railway land adjoining Haldwani Railway Station, commonly called as Gaffur Basti
The government is falling short of money and eyeing unused land of various departments and ministries. But before it can sell these, it will have to get its records updated and remove trespassers there.
A slew of amended labour laws were pushed through the Rajya Sabha session which ended on Wednesday. IL News Service has already published an analysis of the Farm Bills that have been passed. We will now, in stages, deal with the amended labour laws.
The Centre today assured the Supreme Court that no jhuggi will be removed right now while the Railways is in consultation with the Delhi government and while the Ministry of Urban Development comes up with a solution.
In two orders, the Supreme Court has felt the need for urgent action on a long-delayed matter of construction of smog towers and waste management in Delhi. But was there a judicial overreach in overlooking a cost-effective solution and the rights of co-citizens?