NEW DELHI: As bulldozers are increasingly being used by different state govts to demolish houses of those alleged to be involved in crimes, two aggrieved house owners from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh have approached Supreme Court against the states for pulling down their homes and sought urgent hearing. The court agreed to hear the cases on Sept 2.
In the Rajasthan case, a house was razed for an alleged offence committed by the tenant’s son and in Madhya Pradesh, a bulldozer was used to demolish a joint family’s ancestral house.
Senior advocate C U Singh and lawyer Fauzia Shakil mentioned the cases before a bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan and pleaded that it needed urgent hearing.
SC to hear both bulldozer action cases on Monday
An application has been filed pertaining to an ancestral home… on the same day that one of the family members was arrested, the front of the ancestral house was demolished, making the entire place inaccessible, without any notice, without anything,” Singh said.
Thereafter, Shakil mentioned another matter and said in her case, the house of a person in Udaipur was demolished because his tenant’s son was accused of an offence. The court agreed to hear both cases on Monday.
In the Rajasthan case, a house was razed for an alleged offence committed by the tenant’s son and in Madhya Pradesh, a bulldozer was used to demolish a joint family’s ancestral house.
Senior advocate C U Singh and lawyer Fauzia Shakil mentioned the cases before a bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan and pleaded that it needed urgent hearing.
SC to hear both bulldozer action cases on Monday
An application has been filed pertaining to an ancestral home… on the same day that one of the family members was arrested, the front of the ancestral house was demolished, making the entire place inaccessible, without any notice, without anything,” Singh said.
Thereafter, Shakil mentioned another matter and said in her case, the house of a person in Udaipur was demolished because his tenant’s son was accused of an offence. The court agreed to hear both cases on Monday.