Supreme Court orders sealing of over 16,000 properties, demolition of illegal structures in Meerut
The Supreme Court of India has ordered the sealing and demolition of over 16,000 illegal structures in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. A judicial commission has been formed to investigate the development of illegal residential colonies on the city's outskirts.
Why it matters
The ruling addresses systemic issues of illegal urban development and land use violations, highlighting judicial intervention in municipal governance.
Taking serious note of illegal constructions and the conversion of residential properties for commercial use, the Supreme Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to seal over 16,000 properties in Meerut and demolish unauthorised structures.
A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan also formed a judicial commission, led by former Supreme Court judge Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, to conduct a thorough inquiry in Uldepur, on the outskirts of Meerut, regarding the nature of land where these illegal residential colonies have developed.
"We are shocked and disturbed to learn, reading the status report, that hundreds of illegal residential colonies have come up at Uldepur," the Bench said, after perusing the report by P. Guruprasad, Chairman of Uttar Pradesh Awas Evam Vikas Parishad.
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