Khushi Gupta
Published on: April 20, 2022 at IST
The matter was mentioned before Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana by Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave.
The Supreme Court on Ordered ‘Status Quo’ on the demolition drive currently ongoing in the riot hit area of north Delhi’s Jahangirpuri.
“Unconstitutional, Unauthorised demolition is taking place in Jahangirpuri where riots took place. No Notice was served so that reply is served in 10 days,” Dave said.
“We direct Status Quo. We will list it tomorrow,” the Chief Justice of India responded.
The Public Interest Litigation cited increased incidents of demolition of properties by Government Administration in several States as a Punitive Measure towards people allegedly involved in Criminal incidents such as riots.
The Petition was filed through Advocate Kabir Dixit.
“A number of Ministers and Legislators, including the Chief Minister and the Home Minister of the State of Madhya Pradesh, have made Statements advocating such acts and especially threatened the Minority Groups with destruction of their homes and commercial properties in Case of riots,” the Petition said.
The acts that were going on are violative of a persons’ Rights under Article 14, 15 and 21, it was submitted.