Gurugram: Emphasising that procedural fairness and the right to be heard must be upheld even in cases involving alleged violations of building regulations, the Supreme Court set aside a Punjab and Haryana High Court order directing action against unauthorised constructions in Gurugram.

In an order delivered on 28 October, a bench of Justice J.K. Maheshwari and Justice Vijay Bishnoi set aside the 13 February High Court order that had issued directions against property owners on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) without making them party to the petition concerning the alleged illegal and commercial use of residential properties.

The bench observed that while unauthorised or illegal construction cannot be protected , for the determination of whether the construction is illegal or

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