The Delhi Excessive Court docket on September 14 refused to urgently checklist a plea elevating issues over the MCD’s resolution to demolish the constructing adjoining the Satya Niketan hostel that collapsed final week. File
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The Delhi Excessive Court docket on Monday (September 14, 2026) refused to urgently checklist a plea elevating issues over the MCD’s resolution to demolish the constructing adjoining the Satya Niketan hostel that collapsed final week.
A lawyer instructed a Bench of Chief Justice D. Ok. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia that the authorities proceeded with the demolition with out eradicating the particles from the hostel’s basement, and a few individuals should be trapped. The lawyer talked about the matter for an pressing listening to.
The courtroom noticed that the authorities should have performed an audit earlier than demolishing the adjoining constructing and requested the lawyer to not file a petition “in air”.
“What is the supply of knowledge that there are individuals under the particles? How are you aware? They should have performed some kind of technical audit earlier than deciding to demolish the adjoining constructing. It is all of your guesswork that there is perhaps some individuals. You need to have some foundation for making such submissions,” the courtroom instructed the lawyer.
Stating that the plea can be listed in flip, the Bench added, “What’s so pressing? You shouldn’t file the petition simply in air. What’s the technical info out there to you?” The constructing at Satya Niketan, which housed a boys’ paying-guest lodging close to Delhi College’s South Campus, collapsed on September 6 whereas restore work was underway.
The excessive courtroom, on September 7, ordered a high-level MCD inquiry into the constructing collapse incident at Satya Niketan that left seven individuals lifeless and made it clear that the federal government can’t evade accountability.
It mentioned the incident was not solely unlucky, however it additionally evoked deep concern about insufficient housing services, together with hostels run by Delhi College or the federal government, security and safety of scholars and not-so-adequate measures employed by the MCD and different authorities to manage such PG services.
On September 8, the civic authority started a managed demolition of the constructing adjoining the collapsed hostel after deeming it harmful.
The constructing housed a women’ paying-guest lodging and was evacuated after the collapse of the neighbouring five-storey construction.
Printed – September 14, 2026 12:19 pm IST
