New Delhi, March 12 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday restrained the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for one week from demolishing houses belonging to the mothers of two individuals accused or questioned in connection with the murder of a 26-year-old man during clashes between families in Uttam Nagar over Holi celebrations, even as it refused to consider their petition seeking protection from police action and from proposed demolition.

The order was passed by a bench of justice Amit Bansal, who directed the two women - Shahnaz and Jarina - to file a better petition confined to demolition issues within one week and asked MCD to take no action until then.

While Shahnaz's two sons, aged 14, were questioned by police, Jarina's son I...