INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government on Friday submitted to the Punjab and Haryana high court that the incident of Nuh violence was not a case
The state also claimed before the HC that due procedure under the law had been followed before carrying out the demolition drive in Nuh and
The state, however, submitted that it would file a detailed reply on the issue.The state counsel also submitted that the matter should not
be permitted to become a "political agenda".These assertions were made by the state government before the bench comprising Justice Arun
Palli and Justice Jagmohan Bansal when the matter related to Nuh violence came up for hearing.However, the division bench of Justice Arun
Palli did not hear the matter observing that "the case being a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) should have been listed before the Chief
and has not been holding court for the past few days.Sharing the details of the proceedings, Deepak Sabharwal, additional advocate general
Haryana, informed that as per the HC rules, the matter had to be placed before the first division bench (the court of Chief Justice) because
it was a Public Interest Litigation
Since Chief Justice was on leave, the matter has been simply adjourned to be listed as per high court rules and order, he
explained.03:44Haryana violence: Restaurants, medical stores among buildings demolished in Nuh driveOn Monday, a division bench headed by
Justice G S Sandhawalia of the HC had taken Suo Motu cognizance of some media reports about the demolition of premises/buildings of those
allegedly involved in Nuh violence.02:04Demolition drive against illegal construction to continue, says Nuh DCObserving that apparently,
without any demolition orders and notices, the law-and-order problem is being used as a ruse to bring down buildings without following the
procedure established by law, the bench had also stayed the demolition drive.
