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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicBulldozer action

Topic: Bulldozer action

‘Bulldozer justice’ temporarily halted by SC. Pleas that prompted the interim order & what the law says

The court was acting on a petition challenging demolitions in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri following communal clashes in 2022, and stayed all demolitions without court’s approval until 1 October.

SC proposing guidelines to end bulldozer justice not enough. Will to implement is must

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Stone-pelting accused’s bungalow razed in MP’s Chhatarpur. Routine anti-encroachment, says collector

Haji Shehzad Ali, a former district office-bearer of the Congress, denied being served any notices about the demolition.

Mamata’s bulldozers may backfire. Kolkata’s problem is poor infrastructure, not hawkers

The solutions to Kolkata’s problems are civic infrastructure, jobs, education, and housing, not merely hawker-free pavements. Mamata is learning the wrong lessons from TMC’s history.

Beef seized & homes razed — what led to demolition drive in Bhainswahi village in MP’s Mandla

While Mandla district administration maintains demolition notices were served to families in Eidgah mohalla of Bhainswahi village, villagers deny claim they were warned in advance.

Ex SC judge Lokur releases citizens’ report on Modi govt 2.0, rues ‘bulldozer justice’, ‘judicial backlog’

Justice Madan Lokur also raised concerns over issues such as the alleged heavy-handed use of the sedition law, the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, and the National Security Act.

Was bulldozer action against BJP’s Pravesh Shukla necessary? States aren’t vigilante groups

Many states in the country have normalised resorting to high-handed actions, and if not curtailed, the bulldozer can well become the symbol of their justice system.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.