The Supreme Court bench led by CJI Chandrachud talked with the people who have been affected by the eviction drive that was conducted in the greater Dhalpur area in Assam’s Darrang district and asked them to approach the High Court seeking rehabilitation.
The petitioners were represented by Senior Advocate CU Singh,who apprised the Supreme Court about 22 bullets been pumped into the chest of a person who had objected.
He added that people have now starting to get used to such things,to which the We are getting used to this sort of things,to which the CJI said not to turn this into a political speech and submit the facts.
The bench also comprising Justice Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Mishra who further opined that as the eviction had taken place, the question now was of rehabilitation.
The counsel said that it is a trend now for taking a bulldozer and demolish.
CJI refused to accept this submission and replied, “You are also placing premium on people who take public property in their own hands.. the petitioner is the member of opposition political party, he is coming now after 8 months..Let High Court take note of this..”.
The state government of Assam had undertaken an initiative to set up a community farming project in Assam. An eviction drive, backed by heavy security arrangements, was therefore conducted on September 20 and 23. Notably, mosques and madrasa were demolished.
After a person, protesting against the drive lost his life following a run in with the police, the eviction drive was kept in abeyance for a few days but the government asserted that it will not be stopped.
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