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New Delhi: In some states including Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, cases of administration running bulldozers on the properties of the accused are coming to light. Amidst this situation, the Supreme Court made an important comment saying that even if a person is guilty, his house cannot be demolished, how can his house be demolished just because he is an accused? Even if he is found guilty, he should be prosecuted according to the law. Along with this, the Supreme Court also made it clear that we are not protecting those who do illegal construction or those who implement it.
A bench of Supreme Court Justices B.R. Gavi and K.V. Vishwanathan heard petitions against bulldozing the properties of accused or criminals in some states. During this, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta argued on behalf of the Uttar Pradesh government and said that the Uttar Pradesh government does not confiscate the property just because there is an accused there, the state government is working to remove illegal properties in compliance with the law.
The property of an accused is not being confiscated just because he is involved in a crime. Later the Supreme Bench said that if you have taken this decision then we will take it on record and will also declare guidelines in this matter to all the states. We do not support any kind of illegal coercion, if a road is forcibly built for a religious ceremony then we will not operate that road.
Senior advocate Dushyant Dave, appearing for one of the petitioners, said that now all the states have started running bulldozers on justice, which needs to be stopped. Later the Supreme Bench said that we will announce specific guidelines for the whole country. The Supreme Court has sought opinion on the guidelines from all the parties. Further hearing in this case will be held on September 17. A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court calling the cases of bulldozing the properties of the accused in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi as illegal.