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India’s Supreme Court halts demolition spree after religious riots in Delhi

Residents search for their belongings after illegal structures were demolished in a residential area of Jahangirpuri in New Delhi on 20 April, 2022. AFP - MONEY SHARMA

India’s top court on Thursday put the brakes on state bulldozers tearing down walls and shops in Delhi after petitioners alleged they were targeted for Hindu-Muslim religious riots.

A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court put on hold the demolition ordered by the capital’s elected municipality, run by India’s ruling Hindu nationalist BJP party.

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