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The Supreme Court today ruled that the executive cannot replace the judiciary by arbitrarily demolishing the properties of accused individuals. Such actions violate constitutional rights, it said.
Supreme Court judgment on bulldozer action (Photo: PTI)
The executive cannot replace the judiciary in performing its core function, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday, on petitions seeking directions against “bulldozer actions” by various state governments, wherein the properties of persons accused of crimes are demolished.
The court also said that if an executive demolishes the house of a person arbitrarily merely because he is accused, it violates the principle of separation of powers.