New Delhi, 13/10: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said no demolition of a house should be carried out without a prior show cause notice to the owner, returnable either in accordance with the time provided by the local municipal laws or within 15 days’ time from the date of service of such notice.
Laying down a detailed procedure and guidelines to be followed by the authorities, a bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Vishwanathan said the authorities should strictly comply with the directions issued by us.
