Delhi Sealing: SC reserves contempt proceeding order against Manoj Tiwari
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The Supreme Court today reserved its order on contempt proceedings initiated against Delhi BJP-chief Manoj Tiwari for allegedly breaking the seal of illegal premises in Delhi, which was locked by a civic agency. A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur, S Abdul Nazeer, and Deepak Gupta concluded the arguments on behalf of Tiwari and the lawyer appearing for the monitoring committee for sealing.
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Tiwari's lawyer claims monitoring committee wants to terrorize Delhi people
Senior advocate Vikas Singh appearing for Tiwari told the court that the monitoring committee wanted "to terrorize the people of Delhi" by carrying out sealing drive in unauthorized colonies that are otherwise protected under the law. However, the monitoring committee counsel countered saying that the panel doesn't need "publicity" and its members were only performing their job as entrusted to them by the SC.