The Supreme Court ordered the demolition of all illegal constructions, including unauthorised additions in EWS houses and setback encroachments, across Meerut.
The Supreme Court has ordered the demolition of all unauthorised structures, including illegal additions in economically weaker section (EWS) houses and encroachments in setback areas, across Meerut and its outskirts, ruling that illegal constructions cannot be legitimised by the passage of time or official inaction, while also declaring that courts, as guardians of rights, cannot hesitate to tell people things they do not want to hear.
“No man is above the law, and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man’s permission when we ask him to obey it. Obedience to the law is demanded as a right; not asked as a favor. We are guardians of rights, and we have to tell people things they often do not like to hear,” a bench of justices JB Pardiwala and KV Vishwanathan noted in its July 14 order, released later.