Court tells state to explain foot-dragging on home razings

The High Court has ordered the state to explain why it left several homes of convicted terrorists standing, despite being given okays to raze them two years ago, as the government tries to push its case on pushing forward demolitions relating to fresher cases.

The court said the state has until Monday to explain why it didn’t tear the down the homes, which it got permission to do in 2013.

The hearing was called after the court put an injunction last week on a government order to tear down the homes of several terrorists they say were involved in attacks over the past year.

The state says it wants to be able to tear down homes within days of an attack taking place as a punitive measure against terrorists who are killed during attacks, which it says will act as a deterrent.

All the suspects whose homes were slated to be torn down last week were caught alive and have not yet stood trial.