‘Waiting for mahurat?’ SC pulls up Assam govt for not deporting persons declared as foreigners | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday strongly criticised the Assam government for holding individuals declared as foreigners in detention centres instead of deporting them, asking sarcastically, “Are you waiting for some muhurat”.Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said that deportation should happen immediately after individuals are determined to be foreigners.“You have refused to…

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SC bans ‘bulldozer justice’, calls it unconstitutional, drafts norms | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Imposing a pan-India ban on instant ‘bulldozer justice’, Supreme Court on Wednesday said demolition of a citizen’s house merely because he is an accused or even a convict, that too without following the due process as prescribed by law, will be “totally unconstitutional”. It laid down a lengthy process for razing illegal structures…

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