India, Aug. 16 -- The Bombay high court on Thursday reprimanded a section of residents of the Jaku Club slum pocket in Santacruz East for blocking the redevelopment of their settlement for nearly four years and directed the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) to evict them under police protection and vacate the site within two weeks.

"Any defiance to the rule of law must be dealt with.an iron hand so that the faith of the people in the judicial system is maintained," the division bench of justices Revati Mohite Dere and Dr Neela Gokhale said, upholding a petition filed by Siddhivinayak CHS, a proposed co-operative housing society formed by the slum dwellers, and Arihant Construction, the developer appointed by the society for redevelopin...