Demolition of Delhi Public Library: Land grabbers must be dealt with iron hand, says SC | Latest News India
New Delhi, “Land grabbers must be dealt with iron hand,” the Supreme Court on Monday said, as it promised to “go deep to find the truth” on how a century-old building housing a public library at Karol Bagh was demolished. Demolition of Delhi Public Library: Land grabbers must be dealt with iron hand, says SC A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan was irked after being informed it was not the Municipal Corporation of Delhi that demolished the building in 2018, but an official who had acted on an oral order. The top court was further displeased when it found no one from the Delhi Library Board was present to contest the case and no counsel was authorised to appear in the matter. “Land grabbers must be dealt with iron hand,” the bench told senior advocate S Muralidhar, appearing for private firm Dimple Enterprise, which is the owner of the property and reportedly wanted to construct a commercial complex in place where once the building stood. Justice Surya Kant told Muralidhar, “We will …
