Sumita Chakrabarty

Communications evangelist and wannabe world traveler. Full time freelancer. Words matter. Make yours beautiful. Proud Bangalorean.

[Shivani Gupta @ShivaniGupta_5]

When I was harassed, heckled, surrounded and shown lewd gestures at Jignesh Mevani rally in 2018, couple of portals including @ThePrintIndia published an article by the wife of the harasser, who was not on the spot, justifying it by calling it 'suppression of cheap thrills.'
The 'hate' doesn't come from a few on TV alone.

[Salvatore Babones @BabonesBhai]

Incredibly, The Australian is reporting on the CJP.
https://t.co/hovDe5PYlY

[Abhishek Bhardwaj @Gurugrammer_]

Rita Tikku is a cancer survivor. She is a senior citizen.

In 2006, she and her husband Lokaish Tikku booked a flat in Parsvnath Exotica, Sector 53, Gurugram.

They paid the entire ₹1.78 CR.
Possession was due in February 2013.
Today is 2026.
They have never seen the inside of that flat.

They approached HRERA in 2021. HRERA ruled in their favour and ordered compensation. The builder did not even bother to challenge that order. He simply did not pay. And nothing happened to him for not paying.

So they filed execution proceedings. The Gurugram Collector could not recover a single rupee. HRERA issued arrest warrants. The warrants were never executed. The bailiff went to the builder's premises and was physically stopped from entering. The local police were called in. They did not help.

Sit with that for a second. HRERA ordered. Builder ignored. Collector failed. Bailiff blocked. Police did nothing. A cancer survivor and her husband, both retired, watched every arm of the enforcement chain fail them, one after the other.

In this city, an HRERA order is a zebra crossing. It exists on paper. The stripes are painted on the road. Everybody can see them. Nobody stops. Not the builder. Not the collector. Not the police. And nobody in the system is willing to make them stop.

That is why Rita and Lokaish, 20 years into their wait, had to walk into the Supreme Court of India to ask for a flat they had already paid for in full in 2006.

On 13 July 2026, the Supreme Court froze the builder's bank accounts. It froze the personal accounts of every director. It issued bailable warrants. And Chief Justice Surya Kant said something every Gurugram buyer needs to read twice.

He said the collectors and local police had "either colluded with the builder or failed to discharge their responsibility." He said the whole country had been duped. He said the execution proceedings had "become an exercise in futility."

That is the Chief Justice of India, on record, saying the enforcement machinery for HRERA orders in Haryana is broken. Not slow. Not overloaded. Colluding. Or failing. His words.

On 20 July, the Court gave the builder one week. Deposit the full amount with 12 percent interest, or the directors go to jail. Next hearing is on Monday.

A buyer walks into a Gurugram sales gallery today. RERA number on the wall. Big builder name on the brochure. Loan approved by a national bank. Every green tick a careful buyer is trained to look for.

Rita and Lokaish had all of it. Full payment on time. Documented agreement. Correct forum approached in the correct order. HRERA order in their favour. Execution filed. Warrants issued.

None of it protected them. The HRERA order did not force payment. Execution did not force recovery. Arrest warrants did not force arrest. It took a Supreme Court freeze on the builder's accounts, and a jail threat, after 20 years, for anything to move at all.

Your due diligence does not save you in Gurugram. Your fight does not save you. Winning at HRERA does not save you. The order is real. The stripes are painted on the road. Nobody stops.

And a cancer survivor still does not have the home she paid for in 2006.

Full order and every CJI quote from the 20 July hearing in the tweet below.

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[Delhi Police @DelhiPolice]

FAKE NEWS ALERT

The videos circulating on social media alleging that police used batons fitted with nails during yesterday's protest are false and misleading. These videos are not related to yesterday's protest.

Citizens are advised not to spread unverified information and to verify facts before sharing or forwarding content on social media. Appropriate legal action will be taken against individuals found spreading rumours or misinformation.

[Suchitra Krishnamoorthi @suchitrak]

When @ICICILombard was trying to port me from my earlier insurance company they were so aggressively persuasive. At time of renewal did not even ask for any further paperwork. Now they refuse my claim on some uneducated uninformed grounds claiming I did not disclose relevant facts. What a scam they are uff . I repeat- the qualifications of their doctors needs to come under national/govt scrutiny

[Girish Bharadwaj @Girishvhp]

In the private complaint filed against Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge for defamatory statements against RSS, the XLII ACJM, Bengaluru found the police reports on service of summons unsatisfactory and has directed that fresh summons be re-issued to Accused.

Police report that the Home Minister could not be reached to receive the court summons.

[Deepak Bopanna @dpkBopanna]

Group of people in Shivajinagar attack GBA officers who arrived to clear encroachments on footpaths. These men seen slapping, punching & even beating them with anything they could find. 10 people arrested more likely to follow.

[Minhaz Merchant @MinhazMerchant]

Nothing has changed in 12 years. BJP still seeks validation from others, its vocabulary is apologetic, it remains reactive not proactive, does a deadbeat weekly briefing by uninspiring MEA spokie Randhir Jaiswal & routinely extracts narrative defeat from the jaws of victory.

[Abhijit Iyer-Mitra @Iyervval]

Hello @AmitShah @DelhiPolice @PMOIndia are you aware someone from control rooms with full access to Delhi’s security CCTVs was on @instagram informing the protesters live of what was happening and where to go?

[Rishi Bagree @rishibagree]

Meet Jatin from Kanpur, son of a tailor who cleared NEET on his first attempt and is now heading to a top medical college. A dream once unthinkable for poor families in the pre-NEET era.

Yet these kinds of positive stories barely get any views or RTs.

[Dr Dinesh Sharma BJP @drdineshbjp]

इस चित्र में ये जो सज्जन दिखाई दे रहे हैं, ये डॉक्टर सी.पी.मेथ्यु हैं, जो कोट्टायम मेडिकल कॉलेज के केंसर सर्जरी विभाग के प्रमुख प्रोफेसर और बाद में प्रिंसिपल के पद से सेवानिवृत हुए,||

60 वर्ष की आयु में इन्होने वह सब भूलने का निर्णय लिया जो कुछ भी उन्होने सीखा था,||
एक पारंपरिक वैद्य को इन्होने अपना गुरु बनाया और उनसे सीखी हुई विद्या से अनगिनत केंसर रोगियों को ठीक किया,||

इनके मरीजों में कई तो ऐसे मरीज थे जिन्हें अमेरिका की मेयो क्लीनिक ने भी जवाब दे दिया था,||
बाद में इन्होने हिन्दू धर्म स्वीकार कर लिया और अपना उपनयन संस्कार भी करवाकर वेदों और उपनिषदों का स्वाध्याय किया,||

20 अक्तूबर 2021 को इन का निधन हुआ और सारे अंतिम संस्कार हिन्दू धर्मानुसार हुए,||
केरल के किसी भी समाचारपत्र ने इनके देहावसान का समाचार नहीं छापा, क्योंकि ये ईसाई मत को छोड़कर हिन्दू बन गए थे और सनातन धर्म अपना लिया,||

@narendramodi @NitinNabin @AmitShah @blsanthosh @myogiadityanath @idharampalsingh @mppchaudhary @pmoindia @BJP4India @BJP4UP

[ChristinMathewPhilip @ChristinMP_]

It's an open secret in Bengaluru that not all garbage collection vehicles are actually deployed & many existing only on paper.

It's not surprising that there is opposition to making GPS installation mandatory in these vehicles.

@GBA_office @GBAChiefComm

[Tathvam-asi @tathvamasi6]

Share it till it reaches Dipke and his gang.

This is what Congress said when Anna Hazare sat in protest.

[Office Of Vijay Patel @VijayGajeraO]

Hello @DelhiPolice @HMOIndia

This is the person who has flown a drone today in a high-security area of Delhi.

This type of surveillance could be extremely dangerous.

Please take action.

[Girish Bharadwaj @Girishvhp]

Karnataka HC shocked after daughters of KPSC chairman declare his annual income as ₹40k to secure reservation | https://t.co/GYAIGkyCPk

[Megh Updates 🚨™ @MeghUpdates]

Instagram reel by someone named salman allegedly gave the whole idea. This is how the stones were collected- wall of Jantar Mantar was attempted to be broken, police on the other side attacked and Nepal like call made viral.
CC @DelhiPolice

[Nupur J Sharma @UnSubtleDesi]

This is the moment when the police were attacked by the CJP mob right in front of Abhijit Dipke. If sources are to be believed, this is the very officer whose injury Peek TV puts in single quotes. Absolutely shameless.

[Keya Ghosh @keyakahe]

It is rather amusing to see Samajwadi Party protesting against paper leak. Someone please inform Mrs Yadav that during 2012-2017 while her husband was the CM of UP, more that FORTY times there were instances of paper leak.

[Sameer @BesuraTaansane]

So this Punit Sulakh of JNU Placement cell is running a “Regime Change” Group on Bitchat which works on Bluetooth

Today’s incidents show that the other side had planned well & managed to take GoI by surprise. They had brought in masked criminals to unleash anarchy

Big money is being poured into this and it may not end well for Govt if they take this lightly @HMOIndia @DelhiPolice