The escalating trend of state governments demolishing the residences of individuals accused of crimes has become a major issue in the apex court. Increasingly, it is to do with petitioners who are suffering because one member of the family may have committed a transgression, but they all suffer loss of their homes
The petitioner submitted that the issue of the sanction comes after taking cognizance and not at the registration of FIR stage, according to Section 196 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.