New Delhi, March 22 -- Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan said on March 22 that demolishing the properties of people suspected of a crime is equivalent to running a bulldozer over the Constitution of India.

Justice Bhuyan said that this practice of demolishing houses of the accused and then defending the action by calling the structures illegal, is both 'disturbing' and 'depressing.'

"According to me, using a bulldozer to demolish a property is like running a bulldozer over the Constitution. It is a negation of the very concept of rule of law and if not checked, would destroy the very edifice of our justice delivery system," Justice Bhuyan was quoted as saying by legal news website Bar and Bench.

Referred to as 'bulldozer justice...