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Saturday, Sep 09, 2006

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Supreme Court rejects traders' plea on sealing

Legal Correspondent

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition filed by the Federation of Delhi Traders' Association seeking a stay on sealing operations in the Capital relating to commercial premises illegally operating in residential areas in violation of the Master Plan.

A Bench of the Chief Justice Y.K. Sabharwal and Justice C.K. Thakker told senior counsel Fali S. Nariman, appearing for the Association, that prima facie the Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act, 2006, was invalid and void and the Court was not inclined to entertain the petition. But the petitioner could express his views by impleading as a party to the main petitions. The Association had sought a direction that the Act, providing for a one-year moratorium on sealing operations, be declared valid.

About the notification issued by Union Urban Development Ministry on September 7 permitting mixed land use in several colonies to provide relief to traders facing closure of their shops under the ongoing sealing drive, the Bench said that it would consider on merits as and when the matter was brought to its notice.

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