A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Anu Malhotra said unauthorised buildings were being built and businesses were being illegally run from residential areas with "active connivance" of corporation officials.
"How are buildings coming up? Your manner of functioning is writ large. Your officials are only interested in saving their backs. The sheer lack of transparency of the municipal corporations of Delhi (MCDs) is making life of the citizens sheer hell," the court said.
The lawyer for the petitioner claimed there were several gyms running in the area, Kailash Colony, but his client's business was singled out for action by the corporation.
The court asked the lawyer for one of the corporations why the petitioner's business was singled out and allowed the plea to be listed for hearing next week before an appropriate bench.
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The court told the corporations that it was still not too late to bring in transparency in their functioning and asked them to put everything online.
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