Supreme Court slams UP govt on illegal demolition, says “You can’t come with bulldozers and demolish houses overnight”
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government authorities for the illegal demolition of houses for road widening while terming the action by the state as “high-handed” and without authority of law. A bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra also directed the UP government to grant punitive compensation of Rs 25 lakhs to persons whose house was demolished. “You can’t come with bulldozers and demolish houses overnight. You don’t give time family to vacate. What about the household articles? There has to be