Supreme Court’s Remarks On Plea Against Bulldozer Action: Even if that building gets demolished today…Supreme Court’s remarks while refusing speedy hearing on the plea against bulldozer action

New Delhi. The Supreme Court has refused to give a speedy hearing on the petition seeking a ban on the demolition of a building through bulldozers. The bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant said in very clear words that even if the building is completely demolished today itself, the bench will not hear the matter quickly. The CJI expressed displeasure over filing a petition directly in the Supreme Court to get immediate relief and asked the petitioner to file an appeal in the High Court.

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According to the report of Live Law, the petitioner’s lawyer said that the building has been constructed after taking permission and on the basis of the map, whereas the administration says that the building has been built on the pond land and hence the administration is going to initiate action to demolish it. On this the CJI said that even if the building collapses he will not hear it immediately. The CJI said that the trend of bypassing the High Court and going straight to the Supreme Court to get immediate relief has increased these days, which is not right.

Along with this, the court refused to give any kind of relief to the petitioner in this case or to give any order for interim stay on the action of the administration. Let us tell you that earlier too the Supreme Court has raised objections to bringing such cases directly before it for hearing. It is worth noting that the apex court usually conducts speedy hearing directly only in those cases which are either related to national security issues or else it is a matter related to fundamental rights in which it is not practical to go to the High Court.