The matter was appealed to the Supreme Court. In the Supreme Court appeal, the Rozikova sisters pointed to the illegal basis on which the hokimiyat decree was made.119 The developer, on the other hand, claimed that the majority of the residents wished to leave their ‘obsolete’ homes built in the 1950s, but in the case of the defendants, they had requested unreasonable compensation. The developers insisted that their aim is to produce ‘modern exemplary housing in the interests of ordinary citizens’ and to provide 200 jobs. The Supreme Court rejected the appeal of the residents, arguing that their rights had not been violated. In support of this conclusion, the Supreme Court noted that decree no. 1510-K was still valid, as modified by decree 1217-K. The Supreme Court also noted that the Rozikova sisters had lost their case before the administrative court on 29 August 2019 (the faults in which were noted above), and that the 21 December 2017 Civil Court decision remained in force. As a result of this, other than minor procedural modifications, the lower court decisions were upheld. Image: The demolition site Source: Land Home Justice Network 42 A False Sense of Legality