Overview
- The High Court restrained further demolition at the Tiljala site and ordered a status quo, allowing only removal of unsafe portions in consultation with residents.
- Petitioners must file title deeds, sanctioned plans, and statutory licences ahead of the next hearing, which multiple outlets list as June 22.
- A fire at the ground‑floor leather goods unit on May 12 injured five workers, two of whom later died.
- Demolition began the next day after Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari ordered audits and utility cuts for buildings housing factories, which residents say occurred without prior notice.
- Kolkata Municipal Corporation says the structure had no sanctioned plan or pollution and fire clearances, and cites Supreme Court orders that have barred tannery activity in the area since 1997.