SC questions monitoring committee decision to seal Defence Colony shops
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New Delhi, Feb 3 : The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the decision of monitoring committee to seal shops in the Defence Colony area of south Delhi.
A bench, headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde, said: If it is a fact that the premises which have been sealed on the ground of unauthorised change of user from residential to commercial, was actually sold as a shop, we see no reason why the sealing should continue.
Updated Jan 22, 2021 | 07:58 IST
The Delhi University while submitting objections to the project before an independent committee set up by NGT, stated that several issues were not considered while giving the project a green signal. Advocate Dhruv Mehta said the work can t begin on the project until the fresh EC is granted. | Photo Credit: Representative Image
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Delhi University had challenged high rise construction citing impact on air quality, traffic and groundwater in the area.
The NGT had in February last year suspended the environmental clearance for the project
New Delhi: A 37-floor housing complex planned near the Delhi University s North campus will require fresh environmental clearance, a real estate developer has told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) during a hearing on the issue.
How JNU was conceived of as a small institution of higher learning but turned into a university
‘A Prospectus for a New University’, by Gyan Prakash, excerpted from ‘JNU Stories: The First 50 Years’. Jawaharlal Nehru Unuversity. | Ganga Sahay Meena / CC BY-SA 3.0
Why did JNU attract the punitive eye of the state? For one thing, it was – and still is – unique and enjoyed the prestige of being named after Indira’s father and India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. Although MC Chagla, a jurist and the education minister, introduced the JNU Bill in the Parliament at the end of 1964, the discussions on the university’s establishment began soon after Nehru’s death on 27 May. In August 1964, the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund formed a committee of experts to discuss the establishment of an institution of higher learning named after Nehru that would be different from existing universities.
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