Chandigarh, May 4 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has cleared the path for demolition of a temple and gurdwara in Kharar, noting that they were unauthorised.

The court found that both religious structures had been erected in a residential colony without any sanctioned site plan, layout plan or other requisite approvals.

Justice Harsh Bunger granted the respondent-managing committees and a residents' welfare society six weeks to remove the idols, holy scriptures and religious books, and to dismantle the illegal constructions themselves.

The bench was hearing a petition for removal of illegal, unlawful and unauthorised encroachments. The HC said the Kharar SDM shall initiate all possible steps for removal of holy scriptures/books/id...