‘Bulldozer Justice Simply Unacceptable’: CJI Chandrachud’s Parting Blow To Yogi Govt’s ‘Bulldozer Action’
<p>The outgoing Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud, in his last verdict uploaded on the Supreme Court website has sent out a strong message to Yogi Adityanath led government in Uttar Pradesh on ‘Bulldozer Justice’ where houses of persons accused in a completely unrelated crime were allegedly demolished by the state as “unauthorised occupation.”</p> <p>A journalist had moved top court alleging “buldozer action” by the government because one of his news report that did not sit right with the state government. Last week, the Supreme Court bench headed by CJI Chandrachud, while orally pronouncing the verdict on petition, had directed the Uttar Pradesh government to pay Rs 25 lakh penal compensation as an interim… Read More »‘Bulldozer Justice Simply Unacceptable’: CJI Chandrachud’s Parting Blow To Yogi Govt’s ‘Bulldozer Action’