Authority: Supreme Court of India

Order Date: 14-10-2026

Case Overview

  • Parties: Appellant Bhupinder Singh and others vs. Respondent Unitech Ltd. & others.
  • Civil Appeal No. 10856/2016 and related SLP (Crl.) No. 5978‑5979/2017 were listed for hearing on 14‑Oct‑2026.
  • The matter involved a large number of interlocutory applications (96 IAs) concerning various issues raised by the appellants and other intervenors.
  • Ms. Anubha Agrawal, counsel for the Board (Unitech), prepared a brief response to each IA, listing IA number, AOR, applicant, prayer, and management’s response.
  • The Court noted the impracticality of hearing each IA individually on the day and directed the Board’s counsel to furnish one copy of the brief response to all Advocates‑on‑Record.
  • The Board’s counsel confirmed that soft copies had already been emailed to all AORs and requested the opposing counsel to review the responses and appear if necessary.

Final Outcome

1. The Court directed the Board’s counsel to circulate the compiled brief responses to all advocates on record.

2. The Court was informed that many open plots of Unitech have been illegally encroached upon; it described this as a serious issue.

3. The Court ordered the Board’s counsel to prepare a list of all properties with illegal encroachment in the CEO Noida jurisdiction and to send one copy of this list to the Police Commissioner, Gautam Buddh Nagar.

4. The Police Commissioner, Gautam Buddh Nagar, the CEO Noida, and the District Magistrate, Gautam Buddh Nagar, were directed to ensure that each encroachment on the identified plots is removed at the earliest and to file an appropriate report before the next hearing.

5. The Court emphasized that encroachment must not hinder the commencement of construction work on the plots, specifically in Sectors 96, 97 and 98 of Noida (Maya Nagar). The Police Administration was instructed to act immediately.

6. The Court listed the following IA numbers to be heard on 17‑Nov‑2026: 261064/2025, 180886/2025, 251540/2025, 330110/2025, 286435/2024, 305402/2026, 305405/2026, 9000‑9002/2025 (in C.A. 10856/2016) and 16933/2026 & 7678/2026 (in SLP (Crl.) No. 5978‑5979/2017).

Topics: Court Order, Real Estate Encroachment, Unitech Ltd.