Justice N.Kirubakaran, dealing with the petition of Chellam, who was living with a mentally challenged son, pointed out that she had been seeking police protection at Dharmapuram village where she was living in a hut.
The court, which took the matter into consideration, suo motu impleaded the Inspector as a respondent and had posted the matter for today.
When the matter was pending and the inspector had been informed, on August 6, the same evening the petitioner's house had been demolished."There is a prima facie clear case. This court is unable to understand as to how the building could be demolished when the inspector had been impleaded as party."
The judge said "it is a routine practice of police officials in many cases that they are not following the instructions given by the government advocate. Only if the police follow the instructions of the court, it would be in a position to dispose the matters. If proper assistance was not given by police, the justice delivery system cannot function properly," the judge said in a strongly-worded interim order.
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