Tag: Bulldozer Injustice

In a searing indictment of executive overreach, the High Court slams the State for razing a publicly funded community centre in defiance of judicial orders, holding a Tahasildar personally liable and warning against the dangerous rise of “bulldozer justice.”

Suspected as illegal Bangladeshi migrants, over 6500 Siyasatnagar residents faced a massive roundup, undeterred by their urgent Gujarat HC petition, a force of 2000 police, 15 SRP units, and 74 JCBs descended, as the AMC initiated the razing of 2000 homes, 3 resorts, and parking in the Muslim-majority area, the High Court having refused to intervene, residents called it “illegal and arbitrary”

Nagpur Municipal Corporation razed a home of an accused in communal violence hours after the Bombay High Court was approached — violating binding Supreme Court directions, exposing the dangers of bureaucratic impunity, bulldozer justice, and the state’s failure to protect the right to shelter

The division bench pulled up the Nagpur Municipal Corporation for its actions despite the fact that the High Court had been approached in the matter by the petitioners; the action of demolition was conducted despite the fact that the matter was before the court

Maharashtra Government deploys bulldozer crackdown in Nagpur violence case, demolishes two houses of accused defying legal norms and Supreme Court guidelines

Claims by a VHP worker of “anti-India slogans” after Sunday’s India-Pak Match: led to spot demolitions of the home and shop of 1 15 year old Muslim boy in Malvan, Konkan, Maharashtra, actions of the Sindhudurg police that are in direct contravention of the Supreme Court order on “bulldozer justice” dated November 13, 2024

Bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan establishes clear guidelines to ensure due process in demolition actions, mandates accountability for public officials, and safeguards citizens' fundamental rights, including the right to shelter

The Supreme Court orders Rs 25 Lakh interim compensation for illegal bulldozer demolition, criticizes UP Govt’s high-handed actions in demolition of homes for a road project in year 2019

Though the order did not explicitly stay the 3-days hasty demolition notices served on 23 people, including the Bahraich violence main accused Abdul Hameed, the bench granted 15 days to affected persons to file their reply against the proposed demolition

Gujarat government authorities reportedly brazenly defied Supreme Court’s recent order, demolished 1,200-year-old Dargah, a protected monument in Veraval; 150 persons protesting against the demolition, detained by the police