The Delhi High Court Thursday directed South Delhi’s Jor Bagh Association to explain whether it enjoys the privilege of locking the colony gates after a plea raised the issue of inconvenience and hindrance caused to people residing in the nearby localities due to that.
The high court asked the Jor Bagh Association to positively respond within a week as to whether the posh locality is a gated colony.
A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad also directed the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) to explain whether Jor Bagh Association is allowed to erect gates inside the colony.
“The replies by Jor Bagh Association and NDMC shall be positively filed within one week. We make it clear that if replies are not filed within one week, the matter will be taken up for grant of interim relief,” the bench and listed the matter for November 28.
It issued notice to the Jor Bagh Association, NDMC and the…
