No demolition in Bahraich till Wednesday, UP govt assures SC

The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday, October 22 gave an oral undertaking before the Supreme Court that it will temporarily halt demolition action in violence-hit Bahraich.

Additional solicitor general (ASG) K.M. Nataraj, appearing on behalf of the state government, agreed before a bench headed by



Justice B.R. Gavai that district authorities will not take any coercive action till Wednesday.

The Bench, also comprising Justice K.V. Viswanathan, agreed to urgently hear the applications filed against the proposed demolitions on Wednesday and in the meantime, asked the authorities to defer the bulldozer action.