The Supreme Court on Thursday, 5 January, stayed the Uttarakhand High Court order which directed eviction of structures on railway land in Haldwani.
Asking the State and the Railways to find a "practical solution,” the court issued notice and listed the matter for 7 February.
Why this matters: The High Court order directing eviction was slated to affect people residing in more than 4000 houses in that area. The petitioner in the case had also said that the order had come while the proceedings regarding the title of the residents were still pending before the district magistrate.
The court also reportedly took exception to the High Court’s direction to carry out the eviction within seven days, noting “there cannot be uprooting of 50,000 people in 7 days".