India, Feb. 8 -- The Delhi high court on Friday directed the Delhi government's religious committee to file a report within six weeks regarding the action taken to remove 249 unauthorised religious structures built on public land.

A bench led by chief justice DK Upadhyay directed the committee to file the report after collating information from various agencies on whose land the structures were situated, including the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Delhi Cantonment Board, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), and the ones responsible for removal of such structures.

While issuing the directive, the bench, also comprising justice Tushar Rao Gedela, took note of the status report filed by the religio...