New Delhi, 5/1: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine on January 5 a plea related to the proposed eviction of 4,500 people from Railways land at Haldwani.
A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, and Justices S Abdul Nazeer and P S Narasimha fixed the matter for hearing on Thursday as advocate Prashant Bhushan sought urgent hearing.
The counsel said a connected matter is coming up for hearing on Thursday, so the instant case should also be tagged along with it.
More than 4,000 families, of whom the majority are Muslims, reportedly face eviction from Railways land in Banbhoolpura area in Uttarkahand’s Haldwani district as the High Court has ordered demolition of ‘constructions in Railway land’.
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