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YASHWANT VARMA
Bharati Shivaji And Another – Appellant
Versus
Union Of Indiaand Another – Respondent
JUDGMENT
THE BACKGROUND
1. These three writ petitions assail proceedings initiated by the respondents under Section 3B of the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act 1971[1]. The petitions as originally framed challenged show cause notices dated 5 August 2021 pursuant to which proceedings under Section 3B of the Act were commenced. By way of C.M No. 5586/2022 filed in the lead petition [W.P.(C) 9346/2021], the petitioners also brought on record final orders dated 21 January 2022 in terms of which orders for eviction came to be framed against the them. In light of the final orders which were passed and since the Court was already seized of these petitions, on 4 February 2022 the Court passed interim orders restraining the eviction of the petitioners here. The interim protection was thereafter extended to remain in operation till the final disposal of these writ petitions.
[1] the Act
2. All the petitioners are artists of repute and masters in their own right in varied fields of the Indian classical arts. Amongst them are dancers, musicians, exponents of instruments such as the sitar, santoor to name just a few. These artistes of national and international repute have am
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