Sahara Saher: Sahara, UP Govt file contempt pleas in SC

New Delhi, June 24 (PTI) The fight between Uttar Pradesh government and Sahara on demolition of commercial complex Sahara Saher reached the Supreme Court for the second time in a week today, with both sides alleging contempt of apex court by the other.Within hours of the Supreme Court ordering a status quo on the demolition matter yesterday, the two sides battled on the ground with each threatening to move the apex court and they accordingly did so one after another.While Sahara rushed to the court alleging that Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) had uprooted a temporary fence at Sahara Saher despite the status quo order, LDA justified its action saying the Subroto Roy Group company Sahara India Commercial Corporation Ltd had indulged in erection of a tin fencing in violation of the apex court direction.A bench headed by Justice Altamas Kabir said that it will hear both the contempt applications tomorrow.It had passed the status quo order yesterday on a petition filed by the state government challenging the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court's order that restrained LDA from demolishing Sahara Saher and also asked it to restore possession of land to the company.Sahara, which had mentioned the matter through senior counsel Kailash Vasudev, alleged that the civic body demolished the temporary tin fencing despite being intimated about the status quo order.He said that the entire exercise of demolition was carried in presence of top state officials.PTI
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