New Delhi, April 8 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to immediately remove all encroachments around the Lodhi-era monument "Gumti of Shaikh Ali", located in Delhi's Defence Colony.
A bench, comprising Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin Amanullah, also directed the MCD to vacate its engineering department office currently operating within the monument premises. The space must be handed over to the Land and Development Office (L&DO) within two weeks.
To ensure that the court's directions are followed, the bench instructed the local Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) and Traffic DCP to conduct daily inspections of the area.
The Court noted that the Defence Colony Resident...