{"id":51560,"date":"2018-02-12T12:29:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T06:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=51560"},"modified":"2018-02-12T12:29:08","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T06:59:08","slug":"delhi-held-ransom-traders-protested-sealing-drive-delhi-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-held-ransom-traders-protested-sealing-drive-delhi-high-court","title":{"rendered":"Delhi held to ransom by traders who protested against the sealing drive : Delhi High Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/traders-protested-against-the-sealing-drive.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-attachment-id=\"51561\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-held-ransom-traders-protested-sealing-drive-delhi-high-court\/traders-protested-against-the-sealing-drive\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/traders-protested-against-the-sealing-drive.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"traders protested against the sealing drive,\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/traders-protested-against-the-sealing-drive.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-51561\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/traders-protested-against-the-sealing-drive.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/traders-protested-against-the-sealing-drive.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/traders-protested-against-the-sealing-drive.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/traders-protested-against-the-sealing-drive.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/traders-protested-against-the-sealing-drive.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/traders-protested-against-the-sealing-drive.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0In an apparent disapproval of the government&#8217;s proposed amendment of the master plan after traders protested against the sealing drive, the Delhi High Court has observed that a few people have &#8220;held the city to ransom&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar further observed that by sitting on a dharna &#8220;you can get the master plan changed&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not because it is required nor after checking if the city can handle it. It is done because a few hundred people sit on a dharna.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The master plan is being amended because the traders have held the city to ransom by pulling down their shutters,&#8221; it said and asked the authorities whether an environment impact assessment was conducted before proposing to amend the Master Plan-2021.<\/p>\n<p>The Master Plan-2021 is a blueprint for urban planning and expansion in the metropolis to ensure overall development and the proposed amendments were for bringing a uniform floor area ratio (FAR) for shop-cum-residential plots and complexes on par with residential plots.<\/p>\n<p>The observations by the bench came while hearing matters pertaining to unauthorised constructions and encroachment of public land.<\/p>\n<p>The traders, across Delhi, had on February 2 shut down their shops in protest against the sealing of commercial establishments running from residential areas or premises.<\/p>\n<p>The Delhi Development Authority had, thereafter, proposed to amend the master plan by providing uniform FAR for shop- cum-residence plots or complexes on par with residential plots, as given to properties on mixed-use street.<\/p>\n<p>The FAR is the ratio of a building&#8217;s total floor area (gross floor area) to the size of the piece of land on which it is built.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court had earlier observed that the rule of law over sanction to construct buildings had &#8220;completely broken down&#8221; in Delhi and expressed concern over illegal construction.<\/p>\n<p>It had also ordered restoration of its 2006 monitoring committee to identify and seal such offending structures.<\/p>\n<p>With the commencement of the sealing drive, the traders had protested by shutting their shops as well as going on dharnas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0In an apparent disapproval of the government&#8217;s proposed amendment of the master plan after traders protested against the sealing drive, the Delhi High Court has observed that a few people have &#8220;held the city to ransom&#8221;. 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