There must be a sense among the citizens that rule of law prevails in the country, a vacation bench of Justices A S Bopanna and Vikram Nath said. The bench has posted the matter for further hearing on Tuesday.
- The Supreme court of India was hearing pleas filed by the Muslim body Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind seeking directions against the Uttar Pradesh government to ensure that no further demolitions of properties of alleged accused of recent violence are carried out in the State. Earlier on Sunday, he Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) issued a demolition notice at the residence of the main conspirator Javed Ahmed, asking him to vacate the house by 11 am as it was “illegally constructed”.
- Stating that “everything should be fair” and authorities should strictly follow due procedure under the law, the Supreme Court on Thursday gave the Uttar Pradesh government and its authorities three days to respond to pleas alleging that houses of those accused in last week’s violence were illegally demolished.
- Senior advocate CU Singh, appearing for petitioners, told the Supreme Court that the reason cited for demolition was that the action is being taken against protestors who had indulged in violence.
