Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over the opening of a grand Hindu temple on a contested holy site that has become a symbol of religious tensions in India.
India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday strongly criticized states that have demolished properties of suspected criminals, a practice critics say mostly targets minority Muslims, and issued guidelines to authorities. The verdict came in response to many petitions filed after demolitions in recent years in states ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party .
” Rights groups and opposition parties have denounced the practice, saying it mostly targets poor Muslims while circumventing the judicial process. BJP governments have rejected the accusations and said such properties were in violation of local laws and the owners had been served notices. On Wednesday, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court ruled that the state and its officials cannot take arbitrary action against suspects or convicts without following the due process of law.
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