SC urges Development Authority to consider plight of jhuggi dwellers from Delhi's Sarojini Nagar

SC urges Development Authority to consider plight of jhuggi dwellers from Delhi's Sarojini Nagar

Recently, the Supreme Court urged the Delhi Development Authority to consider the plight of jhuggi dwellers from Delhi's Sarojini Nagar,.

A division bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and KM Joseph orally asked the Additional Solicitor General to "make use of his good offices" to find a solution to the problem. "It's a humane problem. We have to see it in that way", the bench commented," the Bench said,

In the said matter, the top court was considering a plea filed by jhuggi dwellers from Sarojini Nagar against demolition orders without a proper plan for their rehabilitation and relocation.

The Petitioner challenging an order passed by the Delhi High Court refusing to interfere with the Single Judge's order refusing to provide rehabilitation to the slum dwellers.

The Delhi High Court had said that in order to avail the Rehabilitation under the Delhi Slum and JJ Rehabilitation and Relocation Policy, 2015, the slum dwellers would have to be notified by the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board.

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