SC stays Punjab & Haryana HCs orders of demolition of unauthorised constructions

The Supreme Court yesterday temporarily stayed the Punjab and Haryana High Court order that had previously ordered the demolition of unauthorised constructions in housing units and the sealing of commercial activities in Gurugram’s DLF Phases 1 to 5. 

The top court has



initially provided relief for 4 weeks to residents who had moved it for relief. The relief came on a day when the Department of Town and Country Planning was set to launch its drive on illegal structures to execute the Punjab and Haryana High Court directive.