Supreme Court Orders Sealing of 44 Illegal Properties in Meerut, Pulls Up Officer for Defying Demolition Order

The Supreme Court directed the sealing of 44 unauthorised properties in Meerut’s Central Market area while coming down heavily on a former divisional commissioner for defying its demolition orders.

The Court termed the officer’s decision to halt demolitions due to “public hue and cry” as an “absolute defiance” of judicial directions and stressed that public officials must uphold the rule of law.

It also expressed concern over schools and hospitals operating from illegal structures, questioning how such establishments obtained utilities and permissions. 

[Lokesh Kumar Khurana v. Rajendra Kumar Barjatya & other connected cases]