'Not a blanket bar': Supreme Court clarifies bulldozer order

The Supreme Court clarified its prior ruling on demolitions. Bulldozers can remove illegal constructions and encroachments on public land. This action requires strict adherence to municipal laws and procedures. Individual contempt petitions will be handled by jurisdictional High Courts. Fact-finding exercises will ascertain if authorities acted arbitrarily in demolitions.

By DHANANJAY MAHAPATRA