New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary to be present before it on November 4 to explain why he should not be punished for "flagrant violation" of its order to halt further constructions at various memorial sites in Lucknow.
A bench of Justice BN Agrawal and Justice Aftab Alam asked Chief Secretary Atul Kumar Gupta to be present at the court.
The court had ordered Uttar Pradesh to stop any further constructions at memorials of Dalit leaders in Lucknow on September 8.
The bench on Tuesday reiterated its order of stopping all sorts of constructions "in whatever name" at the sites. The court also ordered closure of memorial sites for public.
(For updates you can share with your friends, follow IBNLive on Facebook, Twitter and Google+)
displayed with permission. Use of the CNN name and/or logo on or as part of CNN-IBN does not derogate from the intellectual property rights of Cable News Network in respect of them.