‘Fashion to demolish houses’: MP HC offers Rs 1 lakh compensation to Ujjain woman

The Madhya Pradesh High Court awarded Rs 1 lakh compensation to a woman, saying her house was demolished “illegally” by the Ujjain Municipal Corporation without following due process.

While awarding compensation, the Indore High Court judge also criticized the demolition and directed the Ujjain Municipal Commissioner to take disciplinary action against officials involved in fabricating the ‘panchnama’, according to a report by the Indore High Court. Punishment. living method.

The court, while awarding compensation to petitioner Radha Langri, noted that it has now become “fashionable” for the authorities to demolish any house without following due process.

“As this court has time and again pointed out, it has now become fashionable for local authorities and local bodies to demolish any house by drawing up proceedings and publishing it in newspapers without adhering to the principles of natural justice. It appears that in this case , a criminal case was also registered against a family member of the petitioner and demolition activities were carried out,” the report quoted the order of Justice Vivek Rusiah as saying.

Noting that no one has the right to build a house without proper permission or compliance with regulations, the court emphasized that demolition should be a last resort and after giving the owner an opportunity to seek legalization.

Recently, several states, including Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi, demolished several houses on different occasions, claiming that they were constructed illegally. Most of them belong to people suspected of committing crimes.

The high court ruling came as several states, including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, demolished several houses on different occasions, saying they were illegally constructed.