Chandigarh, March 6 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has issued a notice to the Punjab government on a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the state's move to demolish properties belonging to alleged drug peddlers.

The PIL, filed by the People Welfare Society, an NGO based in Mohali, seeks to implement the Supreme Court (SC) guidelines against bulldozer action and provisions of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. This plea comes in the wake of reported demolition of properties belonging to drug peddlers in Punjab.

". there is no provision regarding the razing of properties belonging to the accused in drug peddling cases, and the NDPS Act provides only for the forfeiture and attachment of such propert...