BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh high court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL that sought an order to restrain the administration from bulldozing houses of persons accused of any crime. It doesn’t concern any larger public interest, a division bench of Chief Justice R V Malimath and Justice Purusendra Kaurav observed while dismissing the petition., adding that if at all houses of some persons were demolished, they have a legal right to defend themselves and their properties.
The petitioner, advocate Amitabh Gupta, said that houses of those accused of crime are being bulldozed by the administration and police in several parts of the state. He referred to media reports on bulldozing of houses in Indore, Bhopal, Ujjain, Khargone and some other places in support of his contention.
