New Delhi, April 27 -- The Supreme Court on Monday permitted an urgent mentioning before the Punjab and Haryana High Court in connection with the ongoing demolition drive in Gurugram, asking the Chief Justice of the High Court to take up the matter either before 1 pm or at 1:45 pm.
A Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi allowed senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan to move the High Court after he sought interim protection for three days against demolitions of "stilt plus four" residential structures.
He urged that the petitioners be granted a brief window to approach the High Court, pointing out that demolition activity had already begun across multiple areas.
During the mentioning, Sankaranarayanan submitted th...