New Delhi: For employing bulldozers to raze down the houses of persons suspected to be involved in criminal incidents such as violence, Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind moved Supreme Court.
The Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind has appealed SC to issue inappropriate direction to the Union of India and and all states that no lasting precipitative action be taken against any accused in any criminal proceedings. They have also appealed to issue directions that residential accommodation cannot be demolished as a punitive measure.
Taking to twitter, Arshad Madani, President of Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind wrote, “Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the dangerous politics of bulldozers that have been started to destroy minorities especially Muslims under the guise of crime prevention in BJP-ruled states.”
In the petition, Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind, has said that recently they have witnessed an increase in numbers of demolition of residential and commercial properties by government administration in several states as a punitive measure towards persons purportedly involved in criminal incidents such as riots.
The petition read as, “In response to alleged acts of violence, the administration in several states has been employing bulldozers to raze down the houses of persons suspected to be involved in such acts/ incidents. 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 the destruction of their homes and commercial properties in case of riots.”
The petitioner urged the Supreme Court to intervene to prevent the issue from growing further and to prevent similar crimes from occurring in other states.
“Such measures by the governments undermine the criminal justice system of our country, including the important role of the courts. The legal process, including the pre-trial and trial stage, is hindered by these acts of the state, therefore, immediate action is needed to prevent such incidents from repeating,” the petitioner said.
The Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind has is seeking from Court to direct that any commercial property cannot be demolished as a punitive measure. It also sought the court to issue directions to provide training to police personnel in handling communal riots and situations where populations become restive.
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