Tag: Demolition

Madrasi Camp Demolition: CPI(M) Delhi Demands Halt to Evictions, Rehab Within 5 Km

Reminding BJP of its promise of “Jahan Jhuggi, Wahaan Makaan”, the CPI(M) said over 400 working-class families in the 60-year-old slum cluster were evicted despite valid documents.

Supreme Court reinforces due process in demolition cases, lays down stringent guidelines to prevent arbitrary demolitions

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

Demolitions: SC orders status quo on Sonapur demolitions, issues notice to Assam Government Uttarakhand, UP, Gujarat also ignore Sept 17 order

Contempt petition accuses Assam authorities of defying the Supreme Court's September 17 order staying demolitions across India; other incidents of local authorities across India bypassing legal safeguards and eroding the rule of law also reported from 5 BJP ruled states

Muslim tailor commits suicide after LDA ‘demolished’ his house

LDA has started a militarised demolition drive of shops and homes in the over 50-year-old predominantly Muslim locality, distress 15,000 residents

In Delhi, 122,729 applications sent to DDA for ownership rights under PM UDAY, only 23,811 conferred ownership rights: Lok Sabha

With a stark ratio of 1:5, only 1 in 5 applicants have received ownership rights under flagship PM Uday scheme

Mumbai: Hundreds of people displaced after demolitions in Jai Bhim Nagar

Mumbai’s Jai Bhim Nagar colony saw a hoard of demolitions on June 6th which also left several injured as they protested the demolition of their homes and tried to save their belongings.

Govandi slum demolition: Temporary halt after protests outside BMC office by residents, those rendered homeless to rebuild their homes at the same site

Jan Haq Sangharsh Samiti submits written complaint to BMC, gives them 7 days to submit a written response to their demands, failing which the protest outside the BMC will start again

Demolitions as retributive state policy used against minorities in India: Amnesty

Indian authorities, especially in BJP ruled states need to immediately stop their unjust and mala fide selective demolitions of Muslim homes and establishments said Amnesty International in two reports released late on Wednesday

Indian minorities must be protected, GOI needs to take steps: IAMC report

The now regular report of the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) focuses on different aspects of violence against Indian minorities; this quarter’s report computes incidents from July – September 2023

G20 related evictions and violence on India’s poor must stop: Jury

G20 has become an extra constitutional event, not abiding by the rule of law, were the preliminary remarks made by a jury at a public hearing on “Forced Evictions” organised by concerned citizens in New Delhi; G20 related evictions and violence on the poor must stop.

Tughlakabad Demolition: Dark day for the National Capital as hundreds rendered homeless

Residents forced to gather their belongings moments before bulldozers ran over their homes, a sight of misery and devastation, no rehabilitation provided even after court’s order.

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