No demolition without notice, MCD assures High Court on Uttam Nagar residents’ petition in Holi clash case

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The MCD on March 8 razed ‘illegal’ portions of a spot   linked to an accused successful  the Uttam Nagar Holi clash case.

The MCD on March 8 razed ‘illegal’ portions of a spot linked to an accused successful the Uttam Nagar Holi clash case. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) connected Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court that it volition not demolish, without issuing anterior notice, immoderate unauthorised operation successful houses belonging to definite individuals allegedly progressive successful a clash successful Uttam Nagar during Holi festivities connected March 4 that near a 26-year-old antheral dead.

According to the police, the clash was triggered by a enactment implicit a h2o balloon thrown by a miss from the victim’s household that accidentally deed a pistillate from the neighbour’s family.

The civic assemblage made the connection earlier Justice Amit Bansal connected petitions filed by Jarina, parent of Imran, 1 of the accused, and Shahnaz, whose children were questioned by the constabulary successful the case. The petitioners’ counsel said they apprehended that the MCD would demolish their houses without pursuing the owed process of law.

Published - March 18, 2026 12:56 americium IST

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