Inhuman, illegal demolition in Prayagraj shocks our conscience: SC

"The manner in which the demolition has taken place shocks our conscience. Residences of the appellants have been high-handedly demolished. There is something called right to shelter, due process of law," said a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan.

The bench said the "high handed" manner of the demolitions showed insensitivity on the part of authority while underlining the "rule of the law in the country".

Residential structures of citizens cannot be demolished in such fashion, it added.

The apex court said the Prayagraj Development Authority must remember right to shelter is an integral part of Article 21 and there is a rule of law which is basic part of the Constitution.