New Delhi: The Supreme Court is all set to hear Senior Congress leader Ajay Maken’s petition, challenging the directions of the court for removal of Jhuggies along railway tracks in Delhi.
Mr. Maken has informed about the hearing of his petition through a tweet. He said that the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear his plea challenging the judgment passed by a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra, wherein the Court had directed demolition of about 48,000 jhuggis along-side railway tracks in Delhi.
Former Union Minister has shared through the tweet that senior advocate and his party colleague Abhishek Manu Singhavi will argue on behalf of him. He said, “Mr. Singhavi has agreed upon to argue in the case for the sake of around 2 lakh people living in the Jhuggies along the railway tracks in Delhi.
The petitioner has stated that the order of the Apex Court for the demolition was passed without hearing the slum dwellers either directly or in representative capacity, and thereby the same cannot be sustained.
The petition further stated that if the order was implemented, around 2 lakh people living in these jhuggi clusters will be forced to seek their accommodation and livelihood through streets. It will create further chaos in the city, which is already facing a lot of crisis, due to Covid 19.
