While hearing a case from Gujarat, the Supreme Court raised questions on bulldozer justice. A bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy, Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice SVN Bhatti said that a bulldozer cannot be run on a person’s house merely because he is an accused in a case. It is the court’s job to decide whether the accused is guilty or not, i.e. whether he has committed the crime, not the government’s.
The Supreme Court said that in this country governed by law, the family of a person cannot be punished for his mistake by taking such action or demolishing his house. The court cannot ignore such bulldozer action. Allowing such action to happen would be like running a bulldozer on the rule of law itself. Alleged involvement in a crime is not a basis for demolishing any property.
In fact, the Supreme Court gave this order while hearing the petition of a petitioner named Javed Ali from Gujarat. The petitioner said that due to an FIR against a family member, he has been threatened with demolition notice from the Municipal Corporation. During the hearing, the petitioner’s lawyer told the apex court that three generations of his family have been living in the said houses for about two decades.
According to the petitioner, when it came to filing an FIR against a family member on September 1, 2024, the municipal corporation officials threatened to demolish the petitioner’s family house with a bulldozer. After hearing the case, the Supreme Court has issued a notice to the corporation and the local administration, ordering to maintain the status quo for the time being.
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