Wazirpur Bartan Nirmata Sangh vs Union Of India (Uoi) And Ors.

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 judgment, the High Court of Delhi ordered that ‘direct all the authorities concerned, i.e., DDA, MCD, PWD, DJB as well as the Central Government to forthwith remove all the unauthorized structures, jhuggies, places of worship and/or any other structure which are unauthorizedly put in Yamuna Bed and its embankment, within two months from today’