NEW DELHI: The Supreme Courtroom on Tuesday obtained assurance from the Uttar Pradesh authorities that no demolition motion will likely be taken towards buildings belonging to people allegedly concerned within the Bahraich violence on October 13 till tomorrow.
This comes within the wake of communal clashes that occurred through the Durga idol immersion procession, ensuing within the demise of Ram Gopal Mishra (22) and heightened tensions within the space.
This comes after the state’s Public Works Division (PWD) issued a demolition discover on October 18 for the residence of Abdul Hameed, one of many accused within the violence, citing unlawful building on his property. Comparable orders had been subsequently issued towards different people allegedly concerned within the Bahraich incident.
In response, three petitioners, together with Hameed, filed a petition with the Supreme Courtroom by way of their advocate Mrigank Prabhakar, difficult the demolition notices. They argued that the motion was not about unauthorized building however somewhat “a punitive measure disguised as a authorized step.”
The petitioners claimed, “The defence of “unauthorized building” is getting used as a ruse to hold out punitive demolition and in addition to illegally overcome the interim protecting orders handed by this Courtroom on 17-09-2024.”
The petitioners additional alleged that the swift initiation of the demolition course of mirrored malice and was straight linked to the communal violence. They mentioned of their plea, “The set off for the proposed demolition notices is the shut proximity of the communal flare-up and violent incident and the impugned discover, primarily based on the notion of OR the alleged involvement of the homeowners/ residents/occupants in that alleged prison exercise.”
The Supreme Courtroom has not but made a ruling on the petition. SC will hear on Wednesday a plea filed by three accused within the Bahraich communal violence incident towards demolition notices issued by the Uttar Pradesh authorities.
