Nizamuddin Markaz: Delhi HC directs police to hand over keys of residential portion
The Hindu
The Nizamuddin Markaz has been locked since March 31, 2020, after sevral people who attended a religious congregation there contracted COVID-19.
The Delhi High Court on August 23 directed the city police to handover the keys of the residential portion of the Nizamuddin Markaz to its occupants, after it was locked by the authorities in the wake of an FIR in connection with the there last year. Justice Yogesh Khanna, who was hearing a plea by the mother of Jamaat leader Maulana Saad, directed that the keys be handed over to her within two days and clarified that for now, the occupants cannot enter any non-residential portion of the property. The court issued notice on the plea challenging a trial court order denying access to the petitioner, a senior citizen, to her residence and sought a status report from police on the existence of any order on the locking of the residential premises.More Related News