The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld the High Court stay order on the eviction of Kalyanpur slum in the capital.
The apex court also issued an order to dispose of the HC rule regarding the eviction within four weeks.
The four-member bench headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha passed the order on Sunday morning.
In 2003, when the ministry took an initiative to evict the slum from Kalyanpur, the Ain O Salish Kendra and two slum dwellers filed a writ with the High Court.
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On December 28 that year, a vacation bench of the court stayed the eviction drive and issued a ruling.
In 2004, a regular bench of the court too passed the same order.
In 2006, the ministry again issued a letter to evict the slum and the ASK again moved to the court, which passed a stay order on the eviction drive on June 25 that year.
Extending the stay order several times, on January 17, 2007, the High Court extended the stay order’s time until the disposal of its previous ruling.
As the ministry on January 10 this year once again issued a letter to the police for assistance in a fresh eviction drive, the petitioners moved to the High Court with a supplementary petition which finally led to the fresh stay order January 21.
