Overview
- The Supreme Court adjourned the Haldwani railway land encroachment matter, setting the next hearing for December 10.
- Police have cordoned Banbhoolpura into zones with hundreds of officers and PAC units deployed, and ITBP and CRPF kept on standby.
- Nainital Police reported 23 preventive detentions and said others were bound down as surveillance and border checks intensified.
- Railways cite surveys and records to claim roughly 29 acres with about 4,365 encroachments, while residents assert long-term residence on nazool land.
- The Supreme Court previously stayed eviction directions and asked in July 2024 for a relocation plan, which local representatives say has not been produced.