jhuggi dwellers Archives

‘Right to housing is a fundamental right’: Punjab and Haryana HC sets aside rejection of jhuggi dwellers’ claims under Small Flats Scheme, 2006

In the case at hand, the Chandigarh Housing Board rejected jhuggi dwellers’ claim for allotment of flat under the Chandigarh Small Flats Scheme, 2006 without giving them opportunity to be heard.

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Delhi High Court | Bella Estate, Delhi residents not entitled to rehabilitation as per DUSIB Policy, 2015

Delhi High Court held Bella Estate Jhuggi dwellers not entitled to rehabilitation under Delhi Slum and JJ Rehabilitation and Relocation Policy 2015.

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Delhi High Court| State Government made efforts to rehabilitate jhuggi dwellers on paper, but the ground reality is far from desirable

Delhi High Court reiterated that the right to housing is a part and parcel of the right to livelihood, health, food, clean drinking water, sewerage and transport facilities, such facilities must be provided to individuals who will be relocated.

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Rehabilitation cannot be rejected to jhuggi dwellers only on the ground that their names are not in the voter list: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court held that rehabilitation could not be rejected to jhuggi dwellers only on the ground that their names were not in the voter list and the Court further held that the Appellate Authority would have to consider all other documents as well before arriving at a conclusion as to whether the jhuggi dwellers were entitled to rehabilitation or not.