Overview
- Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru’s bench recorded the state’s plan to shift displaced Kogilu residents to three temporary sites with food, water and medical aid, and listed the case for January 22.
- The court declined interim relief while directing a detailed state response within a week to a PIL alleging roughly 300 homes were razed without notice in Waseem Layout and Fakir Colony.
- The Advocate General disputed claims of 28‑year occupation, citing satellite imagery, and argued the site was a former quarry and landfill unsuitable for housing and not covered by slum‑eviction guidelines.
- Yelahanka police filed FIRs and arrested two of four named intermediaries accused of selling or renting government land and facilitating illegal sheds; a separate case was registered over a protest at the site.
- Rehabilitation vetting is underway, with the housing minister saying 26 families may receive homes in an initial allotment, as the BDA’s separate Thanisandra/Saraipalya demolitions without prior notices drew a commissioner‑ordered inquiry and temporary accommodation offers.