New Delhi, May 16 -- To prevent rampant illegal construction in Delhi's Chandni Chowk area, the Supreme Court has passed an interim order staying the conversion of residential houses into commercial complexes.
The bench, comprising justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh, ordered, "Construction of residential premises to commercial complexes shall remain stayed in the relevant areas... no further construction to convert the residential houses into commercial complexes shall be allowed at the site."
The court issued the directive while hearing allegations that several unauthorised constructions were continuing despite prior judicial intervention.
Taking a stern view, the court permitted petitioners and intervenors to submit photographs a...