Big news on Ratlam from Delhi 2024
Big news on Ratlam from Delhi 2024:- From a juice shop owner in Delhi to a tempo driver in Rajasthan to a loader in Madhya Pradesh – here were the cases of multiple property demolitions that came before the Supreme Court, which on Monday said it was “all India”. Will make guidelines. Demolishing houses belonging to people accused of crime.
The first of these petitions was filed by Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind on April 20, 2022, amid the demolition drive following communal violence in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri. ALSO READ:-https://livendtv.com/livendtv-live-updates-2024/
While violence was witnessed on April 16, the state BJP president wrote a letter to the North Delhi Municipal Corporation three days later, demanding the demolition of properties of alleged rioters. The next day, the NDMC carried out a demolition drive to remove “illegal encroachments”.
On April 24, former Rajya Sabha MP and CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat filed another petition challenging the demolition drive. One of the structures partially demolished in the operation was Ganesh Gupta’s juice shop, located at a junction next to Kushal Cinema in Jahangirpuri.
Gupta said, on the day of the demolition, the Supreme Court had put a stay on the demolition drive, but the NDMC went ahead with it. “They told us that they will not stop until they get the hard copy of the order,” he said.
Gupta remembered hearing about the impending demolition on the news and running to his shop with the building documents. “I kept shouting that I had all the documents, but no one listened,” he said. He also claimed that he had not received any notice from NDMC.
The shop was allotted to Gupta’s father by the Delhi Development Authority in 1977. Now he runs it with his son Rajan (32). ALSO READ:-https://livendtv.com/livendtv-live-update-2024/
After the demolition, the shop remained closed for six months as Gupta tried to arrange funds to rebuild it. “I took loans and borrowed money from relatives… The biggest problem was that my daughter was to get married in November. We also had to borrow money from her in-laws. In total, I must have borrowed at least Rs 12-15 lakh. I will have to repay this loan throughout my life,” said Gupta.
He said he suffered a heart attack a few days after the demolition and six months later, another heart attack just before his shop reopened.
Gupta welcomed the Supreme Court’s comments on Monday. “Even though I was involved in the riots, how could they demolish my shop unless I was proven guilty? I pay taxes, MCD license fee, DDA lease… how can they come here and say my shop was unauthorised?’ He asked.
The petitioners who have approached the Supreme Court against “bulldozer justice” include a laborer from Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam district, whose son was arrested for killing a cow and dumping its body in a temple in June this year. After this his house was partially demolished.
“Our family built the house in 50 years and bulldozers demolished it in four hours. We welcome the observations of the Supreme Court and hope that they will protect the common citizens of this country. I paid the taxes and electricity bill. ALSO READ;-https://livendtv.com/livendtv-live-update-2024/
Hussain works as a loader and earns around Rs 5,000-7,000 per month. There are seven members in his family.
The property which was demolished was located in Javra in Ratlam and consisted of a house and a shop. Hussain’s grandfather Noor Mohammed had bought the property in 1990 and eventually divided it among his five sons, he said.
The incident that ultimately led to the demolition occurred on 13–14 June, and prompted several organizations to shut down Javra and block the four-lane road.
Hussain said that a large crowd had gathered outside the police station demanding the demolition of his house. He recalled that he had taken all the relevant documents “to show ownership”, but “the authorities did not pay any attention”, and demolished about 10 feet of the property.
After that his family had to move out. “Our family could not get any house on rent because we were ostracized. My sons were fired from their jobs. We stayed at a relative’s house,” he said.
Another person who filed a petition in the Supreme Court after his house was demolished was Rashid Khan. He had a Udaipur house that was rented by the family of a schoolboy who had allegedly stabbed his classmate to death.
The incident, which took place on August 16, sparked communal tension in the city. On the morning of 17 August, the Udaipur Municipal Corporation and the Forest Department pasted a notice on the house rented by the family of the accused boy. The house was demolished by 11 am.
Landlord and homeowner Rashid Khan, who runs Tempo, told The Indian Express, “I had bought the property for Rs 16.5 lakh in 2019, but the government demolished it without listening to me. The accused man and his family were tenants in the house. I have no role in this incident. I only want justice from the courts because they are the last option.” ALSO READ;-https://livendtv.com/livendtv-live-update-2024/
Asked whether the property was built on forest land as claimed by officials, he said the entire Dewan Shah Colony in Udaipur was built on forest land, and asked why only his house was demolished.
The Association for the Protection of Civil Rights helped Rashid file the court case. APCR general secretary Muzammil Rizvi said, “If the accused is at fault then we are in support of punishing him, but punishing an innocent person, who was not involved in the incident in any way, is not fair. Even the family of the accused has no place to live now. What kind of justice is this? We have approached the court and we hope that Rashid Khan will get justice.
