In a hearing at 6 PM today, the bench of Justice Attau Rehman Masoodi and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi gave a relief of 15 days to the affected individuals to respond to the Demolition Notices issued by the Uttar Pradesh Government.

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Sunday restrained the Uttar Pradesh government from taking any action on encroachment in the Maharajganj town of Bahraich following violence on Sunday last.

The Public Works Department has served notices to 23 establishments – 20 of them belonging to Muslims -- to vacate property. The crackdown comes days after a 22-year-old Hindu man was shot dead in the Maharajganj area of the district during a communal flare-up.