“Is this the end to illegal coaching centres?”, TheDossier, August 18, 2026.

“n a residential neighbourhood of Jaipur, coaching centres have been running for years in buildings meant for homes. Students arrive in large numbers, traffic clogs the lanes, and residents complain of noise, parking chaos and the quiet conversion of planned residential zones into commercial hubs.

Recently on 4 August in Loganathan vs, State of T.N case the Supreme Court has now called the situation “not only shocking but also alarming.” From an individual demolition case that began in Chennai, the Court has expanded the proceedings into a pan-India exercise against unauthorised constructions and illegal change of land use. The question is no longer whether the problem exists. It is whether the institutional machinery that allowed it to grow will finally be made to work.

What started as a challenge to demolition proceedings against a G+1 building erected without sanction in Chennai quickly revealed a deeper pattern. The Court observed that such a construction could not have come up unnoticed. It spoke of collusion and connivance of municipal authorities and an “alarming state of affairs.”

Instead of confining itself to one petitioner, the Division Bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and R. Mahadevan converted the matter into a continuing supervisory jurisdiction over urban governance across the country. Municipal corporations of state capitals were impleaded. Chief Secretaries of every State and Union Territory were brought on record. An Amicus Curiae was appointed as nodal officer for citizen complaints. Affidavits were demanded, personal appearances ordered, and costs enhanced for non-compliance………………………”

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