New Delhi, Feb. 28 -- A Special Leave Petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday challenging the demolition of commercial spaces in Lucknow's Akbar Nagar in a hurry soon after the Allahabad High Court dismissed the pleas of 24 occupants.
Hours after the high court order on Tuesday, the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) began the demolition process of the allegedly illegal establishments in the area, targeting shops and other commercial buildings along Ayodhya Road in Akbar Nagar.
On Wednesday morning, Senior Advocate S Muralidhar mentioned the matter before the Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna, remonstrating against the haste with which the demolition was carried out immediately after the high court passed i...