New Delhi, June 17 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday intervened in an ongoing legal tussle over the demolition of a religious structure in Thane, Maharashtra, by ordering a temporary halt to any further action for seven days.
The order provides the Pardeshi Baba Trust, which manages the structure, time to move the Bombay High Court with a recall plea against its earlier demolition directive.
A vacation bench of justices Sandeep Mehta and Prasanna B. Varale passed the interim order while hearing a petition challenging the Bombay High Court's decision to demolish alleged unauthorised portions of a dargah that had expanded significantly from an initial 160 sq. ft. to over 17,600 sq. ft. without municipal sanction, on private land.
The High Co...