HC says 'no' to compulsory relocation of slum dwellers

  • 30/11/2002

  • Tribune (New Delhi)

The Delhi high Court struck down a policy framed by the government, which seeks compulsory allotment of alternative sites for relocated slum dwellers. Describing the policy without any social criteria as illegal and arbitrary, the court proceeded to quash the scheme, which requires alternative sites to be provided to slum dwellers occupying public land before they can be removed from it.