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Debjit Mukherjee: The Supreme Court refused to pass an interim order to stop the bulldozer action in Uttar Pradesh and other states. The court postponed the hearing on the plea till August 10.
The bench of Justices BR Gavai and PS Narasimha said “Rule of law has to be followed, no dispute. But can we pass an omnibus order? If under the Municipal law the construction is unauthorized, can an omnibus order be passed to restrain authorities?”
The petitioner’s (Jamiat Ulema-E-Hind) lawyer Dushyant Dave claimed that the government is targeting riot suspects with selective action. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and counsel Harish Salve appeared for the state. SG retorted saying that there is no other community in India, but there is just the Indian community. He added that the petitioners are creating a sensationalizing hype unnecessarily.
