Supreme Court of India · 2011-08-30
Rakesh Sharma & Ors vs State Of M.P. & Ors
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2011 SC (CIVIL) 2431
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Rakesh Sharma & Ors
- Respondent
- State Of M.P. & Ors
- Author
- P. Sathasivam
- Bench
- B.S. Chauhan, P. Sathasivam
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court addressed appeals against the Madhya Pradesh High Court's order regarding the Municipal Corporation's actions towards shopkeepers in Gandhi Market. The Court held that the shopkeepers, who were tenants since 1952, were not in illegal occupancy as per the agreements made in 1977 and 1994 regarding rent and space. The Court emphasized that the Municipal Corporation's notices for removal of alleged encroachments were unjustified, thus upholding the rights of the shopkeepers to retain their shops without facing demolition.