Summary: The Delhi High Court has stepped in to help with a case about tearing down and sealing a building in Jheel Khurenja, Delhi. Hari Kishan, who owns the building, is in a fight with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) over their decision to tear down and seal his building. Here's what happened.
Hari Kishan, who co-owns building No. 443 on the main road of Jheel Khurenja, Delhi, is in a disagreement with the MCD. The building is facing orders to be torn down and sealed because it was allegedly built without permission.
The MCD first decided to seal the building in 2017 and then ordered it to be torn down in 2018. They tried to tear it down twice in May 2018 and again on December 4, 2025. The building was sealed in March 2022, but someone messed with the seal, so it was sealed again in September 2023.
Hari Kishan tried to fight these decisions by filing appeals, which are still waiting for a decision from the Appellate Tribunal Municipal Corporation of Delhi (ATMCD). Despite this, the ATMCD refused his request to stop the demolition on December 3, 2025.
Hari Kishan says he applied to make the building legal on November 26, 2025, and checked on it the next day. However, the MCD said they couldn't find this application on their website. Hari Kishan showed proof that he submitted it with a reference number.
Judge Mini Pushkarna told Hari Kishan to meet with the Executive Engineer of Shahdara South Zone on December 15, 2025, to fix the issues about making the building legal. The court told the MCD to look at the application within eight weeks and not to take any forceful actions during this time.
"The petitioner must follow any instructions given by the MCD, including removing parts of the building that can't be made legal."
The court said that if the parts of the building that can't be made legal are removed, the MCD should make the right decisions. For now, Hari Kishan has some time before the building can be torn down until his application to make it legal is looked at.
With these instructions, the court finished dealing with the case, leaving it up to the MCD to act fairly and quickly.
