New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- The Delhi High Court has observed that a Single Judge "appears to have overlooked the statutory definition of private street" while ordering free public access to roads inside DLF Chhatarpur Farms.

Granting interim relief to the Chhatarpur Farm Welfare Society, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela modified the earlier order, remarking that the interim directions effectively amounted to granting the final relief sought in the writ petition, a step that could not be taken before deciding the ownership and legal status of the roads.

The court clarified that under the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 (DMC Act), both "public streets" and "private streets" are re...