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Supreme Court declines to stay sealing operations

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will hear on Monday applications filed by the Centre and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi seeking permission to stop sealing operations in the Capital and to allow traders, who had given affidavits that they would stop misusing their residential premises for commercial purposes, to continue their commercial activities.

A Bench of the Court consisting of Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Lokeswhar Singh Panta, however, declined on Thursday to stay the sealing operations till then.

Additional Solicitor-General Amarendra Saran, appearing for the Centre, requested early listing of the applications preferably on Thursday itself in the chambers of the Chief Justice or at least on Monday. Senior counsel Abhishek Singhvi and counsel V.P. Singh appeared for the MCD and the Delhi Government.

Case before another Bench

The Judges told counsel that when another Bench headed by the Chief Justice was seized of the matter it would not be possible for them to pass any order. The Bench headed by the Chief Justice would hear the matter. Mr. Saran urged the Bench that in the meantime the authorities be allowed to exercise their administrative discretion in deciding whether to go ahead with the sealing till Monday, November 6, or not. "We do not know what is your administrative discretion," the Bench said.

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