After succeeding to prevent the demolition force towards rioters in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri in April, Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind moved back-to-back programs in the Supreme Court for a stay of demolition drive towards residences of those accused of stone pelting and rioting in Uttar Pradesh last week to protest towards alleged commentary towards the prophet.
On Jamiat’s petition, the SC had on April 21 ordered status quo on demolition drive from the North Delhi Municipal Corporation at Jahangirpuri on April 21 days after stone-pelting at Ramnavami/Hanuman Jayanti processions caused riots.
Moving applications in the same petition, Jamiat sought movement towards Prayagraj officers liable for the demolition of houses of alleged rioters in violation of municipal laws, which required a 15-day earlier observe observed through a 30-day window for the filing of appeal through the aggrieved person going through the demolition of his assets.
It additionally sought stoppage of further demolition drives towards residences of the rebellion accused. It stated that the UP authorities’ action was extra-judicial and in violation of principles of natural justice. It stated that the demolition drive was extra alarming because it was reported regardless of the SC being seized of the petition searching for stoppage of in advance similar drives against rioters initiated by the UP, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat governments.
Following the riots at Prayagraj, the management had used bulldozers to demolish the assets of one of the alleged major conspirators, Javed Mohammad aka Javed Pump. The police have to this point named around a hundred accused and thousands of unnamed individuals in 3 FIRS for last week’s violent protests by Muslims towards alleged comments against the Prophet.
The Prayagraj Development Authority is getting ready a listing of the properties of the insurrection accused booked under Gangster Act and NSA. However, Jamiat did not monitor the entire facts. On April 21, senior propose Kapil Sibal vehemently pleaded with a bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai to reserve a status quo on using bulldozers towards business and residential residences of Muslims, who’re accused in instances of heinous crimes, communal riots or stone pelting on Hindu processions in those states.
The bench had refused to pass an omnibus stay on using bulldozers in demolition drives towards encroachments and unlawful residences. “We are not going to stay demolition drive against unlawful structures and encroachments throughout the country.” Sibal pleaded for as a minimum a stay on using bulldozers.
The bench had stated, “Demolition of unlawful structures always needed bulldozers.” Former judges write to Supreme Court regarding U.P. demolitions. They are seeking Suo Motu movement at the petition Six former judges of the Supreme Court and diverse High Courts and 6 senior advocates have appealed to the Supreme Court to take Suo Motu cognisance of the latest acts of bulldozing houses of individuals who protested in Prayagraj towards the objectionable comments made by some BJP spokespersons.
