Clearly with inspiration drawn from the demolition in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, a municipal authority in Delhi on Wednesday began removing alleged encroachments in an area that previously witnessed mob clashes in India’s broader communal divide. She was While civil violations were cited, their selectivity, timing and general circumstances precluded a punitive purpose. Some of the structures demolished were outside a mosque near the site of the April 16 flare-up. This has raised big questions about retaliatory action in a country that has sworn to a corrective justice system.
For now, Delhi’s bulldozers have been barred from the intervention of the Supreme Court in response to a petition. Broadly speaking, what is worrying is that the local administrative machinery is being used to look like collective punishment. Snap demolition also affects the lives of women, children and other potential participants. Try in court those accused of all crimes, but targeting the property of suspects in a demolition campaign makes fun of zoning rules, which should be enforced equitably, and the rule of law. The bulldozer is being signaled. Don’t let it bulldoze justice.