End "jungle raj" in Delhi: High Court

  • 18/01/2006

  • Hindu (New Delhi)

Hitting out at unauthorised builders, violators of building by-laws and encroachers on public land and extending further the scope for demolition of unauthorised constructions in the Capital, the Delhi High Court directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to demolish all commercial properties on "Lal Dora" land and raze those properties first ''whose owners are in power and authority''. A Division Bench of the Court comprising Justice Vijender Jain and Justice Rekha Sharma directed the MCD to demolish shopping malls, hotels and shops in the Lal Dora area that have been built by outsiders over the years as ''Lal Dora is meant for the village population only''.