Overview
- A division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela affirmed the single-judge ruling authorizing removal and reconstruction for the 12-tower, 336-flat complex.
- The court held there was sufficient material before the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to order removal, relying on structural consultant investigations and testing agency findings.
- Evidence cited included an expert assessment from IIT Delhi and material test results from Shri Ram Institute of Industrial Research.
- Judges recorded that the buildings were structurally unsafe and that DDA repair efforts were cosmetic, with the structure found fundamentally weak.
- The appeal by Man Mohan Singh Attri was dismissed, and the bench clarified that a removal order issued by a duly empowered delegate under Section 348 is not without jurisdiction.