The
Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered status quo with regard to the demolition
drive being carried out by railway authorities to clear alleged illegal
constructions near the Krishna Janmabhoomi in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura.
A
bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose, Sanjay Kumar and SVN Bhatti issued notice to
the Centre and others in the matter.
Let
there be status quo as regards the subject premises for a period of 10 days.
List after one week, the bench said.
The
lawyer, appearing for the petitioner Yakub Shah, told the bench that 100 houses
have been bulldozed.
There
are 70-80 houses left. Whole thing will become infructuous. They conducted the
exercise on a day when Uttar Pradesh courts were closed, he said.
The
matter pertains to demolition of settlements near the Krishna Janmabhoomi.