<p>In a relief to hundreds of people being evicted from their makeshift homes in East Bengaluru, the high court on Wednesday ordered an interim stay on the demolition drive. </p>.<p>A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay S Oka directed the BBMP and the police to submit a detailed report explaining the grounds and rules under which the labourers' sheds were demolished. </p>.<p>The court is hearing a PIL petition filed by the People's Union for Civil Liberties against the eviction of people in Kariyammana Agrahara, Devarabeesanahalli, Kundalahalli and Bellandur. </p>.<p>The human rights body stated in the petition that the people living in these areas were poor and had migrated from Raichur and Hubballi-Dharwad in North Karnataka as well as from Assam, Bihar and Tripura. </p>.<p>"They had been living there for over 10 years now, working as housemaids and daily-wage labourers. But the BBMP and the police are evicting them, calling them illegal immigrants from Bangladesh," the petitioner said. </p>.<p>Seeking a stay on the demolition drive and action against the errant officials, the petitioner urged the court to order the authorities to compensate the evicted inhabitants. </p>
<p>In a relief to hundreds of people being evicted from their makeshift homes in East Bengaluru, the high court on Wednesday ordered an interim stay on the demolition drive. </p>.<p>A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay S Oka directed the BBMP and the police to submit a detailed report explaining the grounds and rules under which the labourers' sheds were demolished. </p>.<p>The court is hearing a PIL petition filed by the People's Union for Civil Liberties against the eviction of people in Kariyammana Agrahara, Devarabeesanahalli, Kundalahalli and Bellandur. </p>.<p>The human rights body stated in the petition that the people living in these areas were poor and had migrated from Raichur and Hubballi-Dharwad in North Karnataka as well as from Assam, Bihar and Tripura. </p>.<p>"They had been living there for over 10 years now, working as housemaids and daily-wage labourers. But the BBMP and the police are evicting them, calling them illegal immigrants from Bangladesh," the petitioner said. </p>.<p>Seeking a stay on the demolition drive and action against the errant officials, the petitioner urged the court to order the authorities to compensate the evicted inhabitants. </p>
