NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday rebuked Gujarat authorities after nine religious structures were demolished near the Somnath temple. The court warned that if it finds the authorities in contempt of its order banning bulldozer action until October 1, it will direct them to restore the demolished structures.“If we find that they are in…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court said Tuesday that it will soon frame guidelines on bulldozer action which will apply across the country and to all communities. It added that under these rules, there would be no restriction on govt authorities taking action against encroachers of public land, which can be done without prior notice. Even states…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday put the brakes on ‘bulldozer justice’ by directing all state governments and their authorities not to carry out any demolition work till Oct 1 without taking its approval. It added that people holding public office must stop glorifying the practice or engage in grandstanding on it.Raising serious concern over…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that glorification and grandstanding of bulldozer justice cannot be allowed in the country and directed that no bulldozer demolition of property of those accused of crime will be carried out across the country without its permission till October 1, the next date of hearing in the case.“Even…
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday slammed the opposition and reaffirmed his stance on taking “bulldozer action” against the properties of accused individuals.Speaking at an event while distributing job appointment letters, Yogi praised the efforts of the state’s law enforcement agencies in delivering swift justice and emphasized that making such decisions…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday heard several petitions challenging the use of bulldozers and demolition actions taken by authorities against the homes of individuals accused of crimes. During the proceedings, the bench, comprising Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan, questioned the legality of demolishing a house solely based on the owner…
LUCKNOW: Englishman James Shirley’s 17th-century poem “Death the Leveller” is a lyrical reminder that “sceptre and crown/must tumble down/and in the dust be equal made”.Four centuries later, as a bulldozer stopped in front of Kotwali police station in UP’s Siddharthanagar and a band of bewildered cops tried to make sense of what was happening, the…
LUCKNOW: A team from the District administration of Ayodhya and the police arrived with a bulldozer to demolish the bakery of SP leader Moeed Khan, who is accused of raping a minor girl. However, the machine got stuck in the soil by the pond during the operation. Consequently, the demolition has been temporarily halted, and…
LUCKNOW: Yogi Adityanath government’s ‘experiments’ with law and order, starting with bulldozer action, law against love jihad and cow protection, has been replicated across other BJP-ruled states as well.UP government has been regularly harping on its success in improving the state’s law and order by eliminating mafia, which has resulted in greater employment and investment…
