{"id":12065,"date":"2011-07-12T17:05:50","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T11:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=12065"},"modified":"2011-07-12T17:05:50","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T11:35:50","slug":"court-raps-delhi-deputy-speaker-for-illegal-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-raps-delhi-deputy-speaker-for-illegal-construction","title":{"rendered":"Court raps Delhi deputy speaker for illegal construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Delhi-court3.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12066\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-raps-delhi-deputy-speaker-for-illegal-construction\/delhi-court-6\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/Delhi-court3.jpg?fit=101%2C121&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"101,121\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Delhi-court3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/Delhi-court3.jpg?fit=101%2C121&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12066\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Delhi-court3.jpg?resize=101%2C121&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"121\" \/><\/a>The Delhi High Court Tuesday pulled up the Deputy Speaker of the state assembly, Amrish Gautam for unauthorised construction on his property here.<\/p>\n<p>Gautam had approached the court pleading that a Lokayukta order for a probe into the illegal construction in Khichripur in east Delhi be set aside.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Hima Kohli said: &#8220;If you yourself admit that there is some unauthorised construction then why don&#8217;t you demolish the illegal part or else get clearance from the civic agency.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After Gautam&#8217;s counsel failed to give any undertaking the court asked him to file his response by July 22.<\/p>\n<p>The court was hearing a petition filed by Gautam seeking direction for setting aside a May 30 Lokayukta order which had rejected his plea seeking immunity against inquiry into the alleged unauthorised construction.<\/p>\n<p>Lokayukta Justice Manmohan Sarin&#8217;s order came after Gautam maintained that the anti-corruption watchdog does not have the jurisdiction to probe allegations made by a Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) councillor Preeti Behn.<\/p>\n<p>She had approached the Lokayukta to initiate the probe against Gautam for carrying out unauthorised construction of 109 square metres on his property.<\/p>\n<p>Sarin said that according to the &#8220;constitutional scheme&#8221;, the deputy speaker does not enjoy any immunity and the allegations of breach of norms are related to a period when he was only a legislator.<\/p>\n<p>The order said a notice was sent to Gautam last December after receiving an MCD report that there was unauthorised construction on the property which Gautam had purchased in 1989.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court Tuesday pulled up the Deputy Speaker of the state assembly, Amrish Gautam for unauthorised construction on his property here. 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