The Supreme Court has transferred contempt petitions alleging continuing 'bulldozer justice' to the relevant High Courts. The order matters because it keeps the issue within constitutional adjudication while recognising that many petitions require local factual inquiry.
What happened
A CJI-led bench said the Supreme Court cannot feasibly hear all such cases and that many matters require factual examination. The bench held that High Courts are better placed to examine disputed facts, obtain district records, and, where necessary, hear the matters through separate benches.
Background and earlier position
The legal background is the Supreme Court's November 2024 judgment condemning illegal demolitions as arbitrary state action and stressing due process before demolition. That judgment created the constitutional frame within which later contempt petitions on alleged continuing demolitions were filed.
Why it matters for UPSC
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