India, May 2 -- New Delhi

The Delhi high court on Thursday restrained the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) from taking coercive action against the Shahi Idgah Management Committee, which is facing a recovery notice from the administrative body following its annual Ijtema congregation at the Eidgah Park near Delhi's Sadar Bazar.

On February 11, DDA issued a notice to the committee, seeking Rs.12 lakh as booking charges for the religious function organised in December 2024, on the grounds that the parkland belonged to DDA.

Justice Vikas Mahajan, however, said DDA must not take coercive action until further orders, after the committee's counsel, Sanjoy Ghose, submitted that it filed a suit with the Delhi Waqf Tribunal, claiming that the ...