“How can a political party occupy land allotted to the High Court: Supreme Court slams AAP for encroaching land allotted to Delhi HC”, Opindia, February 13, 2024:

“On 13th February (Tuesday), the Supreme Court slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) when it was informed that the party had ‘encroached’ on the land in Delhi that was allocated for the Delhi High Court. The court expressed displeasure that the AAP political office, located at Rouse Avenue in Delhi, was built over encroached land. The Court subsequently ordered that all encroachments on the land must be removed.

Notably, the Court took notice of the issue when it was dealing with a case related to judicial infrastructure across the country. The three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing the matter. 

During today’s court hearing, Amicus Curiae K Parameshwar informed the bench that even though Delhi High Court officials went to take possession of certain land allotted to them, “a political party office was built there” and they could not take the land back. He, however, did not expressly mention the name of the political party and clarified that he did not want to politicise the issue…..”

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