New Delhi: The Delhi High Court was on Wednesday informed by a municipal corporation that about 80 percent of buildings in the capital were "structurally unsafe" towards earthquakes. The corporation said that only about 20 percent of buildings had the requisite sanctions under the building laws.

A division of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva questioned the "dereliction of duty" on the municipal corporation's part in allowing buildings to come up without complying with the regulation meant to keep them structurally safe.