Karawal Nagar Road Market Welfare Association and Ors. v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court; W.P.(C) 612/2026; CM APPL. 3066-3067/2026; Amit Bansal, J.; 16.01.2026; disposed. Keywords: demolition; anti-encroachment drive; show cause notice; encroachment removal; road widening; due process of law; dispossession; Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD); Karawal Nagar Road; Shiv Vihar Tiraha; market/shops welfare association. Related prior orders referenced: W.P.(C) 10477/2006 (03.07.2006); W.P.(C) 1094/2006 (16.03.2009); W.P.(C) 137/2020 (08.01.2020); W.P.(C) 12590/2022 (31.08.2022). Outcome: petition disposed of on MCD's assurance of show cause notice and compliance with law before any demolition.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of on the strength of MCD's statement that no anti-encroachment drive is contemplated at this stage and that any future drive would be preceded by a show cause notice to the petitioner and conducted in accordance with law.