The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of the demolition drive in Haryana’s Nuh and Gurugram districts, asking the Haryana government whether any notice was issued before the exercise.
The court of Justices G.S. Sandhawalia and Harpreet Kaur Jeewan issued a notice to the State government. The court said no demolitions could be done without following the procedure as prescribed in law. “Accordingly, we issue directions to Haryana to furnish an affidavit as to how many buildings have been demolished in the last two weeks, both in Nuh and Gurugram, and whether any notice was issued before demolition. If any such demolition is to be carried out today, it should be stopped if the procedure is not followed as per law,” the Bench said.
