Supreme Court halts bulldozer action, says executive can't be a judge

Supreme Court said that the executive cannot become a judge and take a decision to demolish the property of an accused. The job of dispensing justice is of the judiciary. The executive cannot replace the judiciary. The court said that someone's house is his hopes. It is everyone's dream that his shelter should never be taken away and everyone's dream is to have shelter.

The court said that the question before us is whether the executive can take away the shelter of a person who is accused of a crime. The court said that after hearing all the parties in this matter, we are issuing the order, for which we have also considered many previous decisions of the Supreme Court. The court said that it is the responsibility of the state government to maintain law and order in the state and there should be rule of law in the state. The court said that we have paid attention to the separation of powers as well as how the executive and judicial class should work in their respective areas.

The court had reserved its decision on this matter on October 1. During the hearing, the court had said that we are a secular country, we will issue guidelines for all citizens. The Supreme Court had said that anyone, Hindu, Muslim, our guidelines will be for everyone, irrespective of their religion or community. The Supreme Court had said that whatever temple, mosque or dargah is built by encroachment on public roads, water body or railway line land, it will have to go, because public order is paramount. The Supreme Court had said that four to five lakh demolitions are carried out every year. This figure is of the last few years. It is noteworthy that on 17 September, the Supreme Court had imposed a ban on the bulldozer action being carried out in various states, curbing the bulldozer justice.