Nov. 22 in New Delhi On Tuesday, the Uttar Pradesh government promised the Supreme Court that it would temporarily stop tearing down buildings in Bahraich, which has been hit by violence.

In front of a court led by Justice B.R. Gavai, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) K.M. Nataraj agreed on behalf of the state government that district officials will not use force until Wednesday.

The Bench, which also included Justice K.V. Viswanathan, agreed to hear the cases against the planned demolitions as soon as possible on Wednesday. In the meantime, they asked the authorities to put off the bulldozer action.

“If they want to risk breaking our order, that’s their choice,” it told the state government.

The Public Works Department (PWD) put up red signs on a few houses in Bahraich last week. These included the home of key suspect Sarfaraz and others who are thought to have been involved in the murder of Ram Gopal Mishra.

The decision to mark homes in red comes almost a week after the civil unrest in Bahraich’s Maharajganj. It is seen as a step toward using bulldozers. There was a lot of fear and worry in the area because homes were being marked, especially those whose homes had been marked.

During the Durga statue submerging parade on October 13, Bahraich saw a heated fight between two groups. This later turned into a racial flare-up and violent battles. A 22-year-old man named Ram Gopal Mishra was shot and killed by other people in the Maharajganj area of Bahraich’s Mansoor village. This caused large-scale riots and rallies.

In a temporary order issued on September 17, the Supreme Court said that no demolition could happen anywhere in the country without its permission. This came after several petitions were sent to the highest court, saying that different state governments had used bulldozers without giving enough notice.

However, the top court said its “order would not be applicable if there is an unauthorised structure in any public place such as road, street, footpath, abutting railway line or any river body or water bodies and also to cases where there is an order for demolition made by a court” .

Recently, the Supreme Court refused to issue a stay quo order regarding the demolitions happening near the famous Somnath temple. Instead, it sent a strong message to the authorities in Gujarat. It said that it would not think twice about “sending authorities to jail and asking them to restore the position as it was” if the buildings were torn down against its order from September 17. “If we find the authorities breaking our order, we will not only jail them, but we will also tell them to put things back the way they were.” “It’s been made clear that if they break the rules, we will issue an order that brings things back to the way they were,” the SC said.