India, March 6 -- New Delhi

A slum dwellers' representative body approached the division bench of the Delhi high court against a single-judge order refusing to halt further demolition of a slum cluster at Dhobi Ghat, Jamia Nagar, by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). Senior advocate mentioned the plea on Wednesday by senior advocate Arundhati Katju before a bench of chief justice DK Upadhyay and justice Tushar Rao Gedela.

Katju urged the court to immediately list the matter, filed by Dhobi Ghat Jhuggi Adhikar Manch in response to the March 3 order of the single judge, asserting that residents were apprehensive of further demolition, following a visit by DDA officials.

The court said that it would list the matter for March 6.

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