Early in 1999 the Indore authorities began a vigorous slum clearance drive , removing slum dwellers from legal pattas they had been given by the state government . K. Sukumaran led an inquiry for the Indian People 's Tribunal ( IPT ) , visited the rehabilitation sites , and on 2 May 1999 delivered an interim report to the government , which accepted that in principle the demolitions were not legal . He led another IPT inquiry into relief and rehabilitation after the 2001 Gujarat earthquake , publishing a report in December 2001 . He also led an IPT inquiry into atrocities that had been committed against Dalits in and around Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh , publishing a report in October 2002
2001 Gujarat earthquake
2001 Gujarat earthquake
K. Sukumaran (judge)