Supreme Court Put Stay On Bulldozing Action In Assam
- By Thetripurapost Desk, Guwahati
- Sep 30, 2024
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Recently, the Supreme Court had banned bulldozer action. After which the court had ordered that before running a bulldozer on any accused or encroachment, permission will have to be taken from the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, despite the order of the Supreme Court, the Assam government demolished 45 houses by running a bulldozer. After which the victim's family has filed a petition in the Supreme Court to initiate contempt proceedings against the Assam government.
Now in this case, the Supreme Court has sought a reply from the Assam government and others today i.e. on September 30 on the petition requesting to initiate contempt proceedings, in which it was said that there will be no act of sabotage in the country without its permission. The bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice KV Vishwanathan also asked the concerned parties to maintain the status quo in the matter.
The Supreme Court had on September 17 said that the properties of the accused will not be demolished till October 1 without its permission. The court on Monday heard a petition seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against the concerned officials over the proposed demolition action in Sonapur, Assam .
Senior lawyer Huzefa Ahmadi, who appeared in the court on behalf of the petitioners, said that there has been a blatant violation of the Supreme Court's order, which clearly stated that demolition should not be done without its permission. When the bench said that it would issue notice on the petition, Ahmadi requested that the status quo should be maintained. After this, the bench issued notice and asked the concerned parties to maintain the status quo.
Several petitions filed in the Supreme Court have alleged that properties of crime accused are being demolished in many states. While hearing these petitions on September 17, the Supreme Court had said that even a single case of illegal demolition is against the spirit of the Constitution.
The bench had said, "Till the next date of hearing, we direct that no demolition action will be taken anywhere in the country without the permission of this court." The bench had fixed October 1 as the date for hearing the petitions. While hearing the petitions on September 2, the court had raised the question that how can someone's house be demolished just because he is an accused in a case.
Hind and others seeking directions to various states to ensure that properties of those accused in cases of riots and violence are not destroyed