Bhubaneswar, June 26 -- https://images.odishatv.in/uploadimage/library/16_9/16_9_0/recent_photo_1726247407.jpg
The Orissa High Court has delivered a strong indictment of the Odisha administration for 'illegally' demolishing a decades-old community centre in Balasore, calling the act a "disturbing case of bulldozer justice."
The court noted the observations in a case involving the demolition of a community centre on December 14, 2024, just a day after the Court had explicitly restrained the authorities from taking any coercive action.
The structure, known as a goshtigruha, had existed since 1985 and was rebuilt between 2016 and 2018 using public funds sanctioned under the 'Ama Gaon Ama Vikas Yojana' and the MLA-LAD scheme. Villagers said ...