Delhi Under the Hammer: The Crisis of Sealing and Demolition ( Hardcover )–by Jain Author, A.K.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rupa & Co. (1 March 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 147 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8129115700
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8129115706
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 537 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm

When in 2006, the Supreme Court directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to demolish certain illegal properties in Delhi, no one imagined that this would snowball into a major human and political crisis. It rattled the masses, the businessmen, the Parliament and the Assembly. There were unprecedented confrontations between the people, the judiciary and the government