The Supreme Court on Thursday granted interim protection for a week to two petitioners from Uttar Pradesh who alleged that authorities had already begun partial demolition of their residential and marriage hall properties without prior notice.

A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta directed that status quo be maintained during this period, allowing the petitioners time to approach the Allahabad High Court for appropriate relief.

“Considering that partial demolition has already been affected, we grant interim protection for a period of one week as status quo would be maintained by the parties,” the bench said, while making it clear that its protection would not influence the high court’s decision on the merits of the plea for stay.

The petitioners had moved the Supreme

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