Wazirpur Bartan Nirmata Sangh vs Union Of India (Uoi) And Ors. Pays/Territoire Inde Type de cour Nationale - cour supérieure Date Oct 4, 2006 Source UNEP, InforMEA Nom du tribunal High Court of Delhi Siège de la cour Delhi Juge Kailash Gambhir. Langue Anglais Sujet Eau, Terre et sols Mot clé Régime foncier Propriété étrangère Planification territoriale Résumé The Wazirpur Bartan Nirmata Sangh case WP (C) 2112/2002 started in the High Court of Delhi in 2002. As the case is of the nature of a continuing mandamus, it continues to be heard on a regular basis. Till date the Court has issued over fifty orders and judgments in this matter. This case is one of the landmark cases in the jurisprudence relating to the River Yamuna as it led to the removal of thousands of encroachments of varying nature from the banks of the river. In the present case the applicants who claim themselves legal owners of Ghat No.6, Kudasiya Ghat, Bela Road, Delhi felt threatened of DDA since they are involved in clearance of encroachment on the embankment of river Yamuna. The applicants claim themselves to be rightful allotees of the land under the lease and have raised various structures under the sanctioned plan. The High Court constituted Usha Mehra committee for the removal of encroachments on the bank of Yamuna, recommended that the claims of the applicants are illegal and asked for removal of the structures since they were only 30mts from the River Yamuna and the present directions of the Court was to remove all the unauthorized structures within 300 mts from the edge of the river Yamuna. The Court accepted the recommendations and dismissed the appeal. Texte intégral COU-156176.pdf Site web www.indiankanoon.org