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Demolition Of Houses By Uttar Pradesh Government Through Bulldozer Is Illegal

By Satyaki Chakraborty

Seeking ‘suo motu’ action against the bulldozer tactics and indiscriminate arrests of the protestors in Uttar Pradesh, several former judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts and senior advocates have written to the Chief Justice of India, N.V. Ramana, to intervene in the wake of incidents of violence and repression by the state authorities on citizens.

The letter, signed by 12 former judges and senior lawyers, has urged the Court to stop the “deteriorating law and order situation” in Uttar Pradesh. The signatories include retired judges of Supreme Court B. Sudarshan Reddy, V. Gopala Gowda and, Ashok Ganguly, former chief justice of Delhi High Court A P Shah, former justice of Madras High Court K. Chandru, former judge of Karnataka High Court Mohammad Anwar and the leading advocates like Santi Bhushan, Indira Jaising, Anand Grover, Chandra Uday Singh, Sriram Panchu and Prashant Bhushan.

According to the leading legal website The Leaflet, in their letters, the signatories have stated that instead of giving protestors an opportunity of being heard and to engage in peaceful protests, the Uttar Pradesh state administration appears to have sanctioned taking violent action against such individuals.

“The Chief Minister has reportedly officially exhorted officials “to take such action against those guilty that it sets an example so that no one commits a crime or takes law into their hands in the future. He has further directed that the National Security Act, 1980, and the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, be invoked against those found guilty of unlawful protests. It is these remarks that have emboldened the police to brutally and unlawfully torture protestors”, the letter reads.

The letter states that pursuant to the statement of the chief minister more than 300 persons have been arrested and FIRs registered against protesting citizens.

“Videos of young men in police custody being beaten with lathis, houses of protestors being demolished without notice or any cause of action, and protestors from the minority Muslim community being chased and beaten by the police, are circulating on social media, shaking the conscience of the nation, Such a brutal clampdown by a ruling administration is an unacceptable subversion of the rule of law and a violation of the rights of citizens, and makes a mockery of the Constitution and fundamental rights guaranteed by the State”, the former judges and senior advocate said.

The coordinated manner, the letter reads, in which the police and development authorities have acted, led to the clear conclusion that demolitions are a form of collective extrajudicial punishment, attributable to a slate policy which is illegal.

The letter reminds the CJI that on many occasions, including in the recent past, the judiciary has faced such challenges and emerged with distinction as the custodian of the rights of the people.

According to the letter, “Some recent examples are the suo motu actions taken by the Supreme Court in the migrant workers matter and in the Pegasus matter In the same spirit, and in its role as custodian  of  the Constitution, we, therefore, urge the  Supreme Court to take immediate suo motu action to arrest the deteriorating law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh, specifically involving the high-handedness of the police and state authorities, and the brutal clampdown on the fundamental rights of citizens.’’

The signatories hope and trust that the Supreme Court will rise to the occasion and not let the citizens and the Constitution down at this critical juncture. (IPA Service)

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