DELHI HC PUTS THE ONUS ON MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IN MALVIYA NAGAR BLAZE

The Delhi high court has sought details of costs incurred by authorities in controlling the fire at Malviya Nagar that raged for almost 20 hours. A bench of acting chief justice Gita Mittal and justice C Hari Shankar took suo motu cognisance of media reports and indicated that such expenses must be borne by negligent officials of municipal corporation as well as the owner or occupier of the premises where an illegal commercial factory was being run.