New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- The Delhi High Court on Thursday restrained the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) from taking coercive action against nine flat owners of the Signature View Apartments in Mukherjee Nagar until August 25.

The interim relief was granted by a bench of chief justice DK Upadhyay and justice Tushar Rao Gedela while hearing a plea filed by the apartment owners challenging eviction notices issued by DDA and the involvement of MCD and Delhi Police to enforce the evacuation. The flat owners had earlier approached the court seeking protection against forceful eviction in light of their pending legal challenge.

Senior advocate Maninder Acharya, appearing for the residents, argued tha...