“Do you need bulldozers to clear stalls, chairs, tables and boxes,” the Supreme Court asked the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) on Thursday.
A Bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and B.R. Gavai extended the status quo order on the “anti-encroachment” drive in Jahangirpuri until further orders.
The question from the court came after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, for the NDMC, explained that the law permitted the removal of “stalls, benches, boxes, ladders”, etc, occupying public streets and footpaths without permission.
