A petition in search of contempt of court docket motion towards Gujarat authorities officers together with the Collector from Gir Somnath has been filed within the Supreme Court docket relating to alleged unlawful demolition of the Dargah Mangroli Shah Baba, Eidgah, and a number of other different constructions situated in Prabhas Patan, Veraval, Gir Somnath.
The plea was right now talked about earlier than the bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud led bench for listening to together with different petitions to be heard right now by one other bench that has stayed demolitions until October 1. The plea seeks initiation of contempt proceedings and impleads a number of officers together with Gujarat State’s Principal Secretary, a Collector and District Justice of the Peace, SP (Gir Somnath).
The contempt plea has been filed by Summast Patni Muslim Samaj, in search of motion towards the Collector of Gir Somnath and different officers.
The plea submits that the federal government officers have carried out an early morning unlawful demolition of centuries previous Muslim non secular locations of worship together with mosques, eidgahs, dargahs, mausoleums and residential locations of Mutawallis of the stated dargahs on 28.09.2024 with out issuing any notices for such demolition and with out granting any alternative of listening to.
The plea additional contends that the Gujarat authorities officers violated the Supreme Court docket order dated 17 September by finishing up demolitions with out offering any prior discover.
The matter is listed right now earlier than bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Vishwanathan.
A seperate contempt of court docket plea was filed by 47 Assam residents within the Supreme Court docket towards alleged unlawful demolitions after the September 17 order.
The Supreme Court docket on September 17 had imposed an interim keep on any demolition within the nation with out its permission. The highest court docket handed the path invoking its particular powers underneath Article 142 of the Structure.
The court docket nonetheless clarified that this keep will not be relevant to encroachments on public roads, footpaths, railway traces, waterbodies.
A bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan handed this path in a petition challengingg the alleged actions of assorted state governments in demolishing the buildings of individuals accused of crimes as a punitive measure.