13-Nov-2024 Public officials must face accountability for unlawful demolition actions, rule of law to be upheld: Supreme Court Bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan establishes clear guidelines to ensure due process in demolition actions, mandates accountability for public officials, and safeguards citizens' fundamental rights, including the right to shelter
06-Nov-2024 Bulldozer Justice: SC orders Rs 25 Lakhs interim Compensation for illegal demolition by UP Govt in 2019 The Supreme Court directs UP Govt to pay Rs 25 lakhs interim compensation for illegal demolition. During the hearing, the bench, led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud expressed serious dissatisfaction with the conduct of the authorities, terming their acts "high-handed”
19-Oct-2024 Bulldozer Justice: How Unlawful Demolitions are Targeting India’s Marginalised Communities Watch our detailed video on bulldozer justice and court interventions
20-May-2024 Amid large scale instances of “domicide”, Delhi set to vote on 25 May As demolition drives render thousands homeless, dispossession and forced evictions remain key burning issues for the uprooted many in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls
18-Feb-2023 Massive evictions continue in Assam: Around 2500 Bengali speaking Muslim families have been displaced Since the Sarma government has come to power, bulldozers run unlawfully in various parts of Assam
17-Jan-2023 Another historic mosque being bulldozed in UP While the case was still pending in the lower court, the mosque was demolished under the guise of a road widening project
14-Jan-2023 Are eviction drives the new form of targeted state driven violence in New India? Lakhimpur, Haldwani, Kushinagar, Ujjain-eviction drives continue rendering minorities homeless in BJP-run states
03-Jan-2023 Hate Watch: Muslim graveyard, tombstones razed to the ground in Karnataka On Christmas night some miscreants entered the graveyard with a bulldozer
30-Dec-2022 2022: A year when Bulldozer became a ‘lawful’ means of punishment Spearheaded by UP. Other BJP ruled states followed the footsteps