India, July 10 -- Taking serious note of unauthorised constructions in Delhi-NCR and the recent fire incidents in the Capital and Lucknow, the Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the civic bodies and said top officials will be personally liable for non-compliance of its directions.

A bench of justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and R Mahadevan sought personal presence of officials of Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Gurugram and Lucknow civic bodies and said it is bothered with their conduct and non-compliance of its directions issued from time to time.

"We are particularly concerned with the conduct of Municipal Corporation of Delhi with regard to non-compliance of directions issued by the court in 2024 and specific directions of May 20, w...