The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Uttar Pradesh government for an “illegal” demolition in 2019 while issuing directions to all states and UTs on the procedure to be followed during road widening and removal of encroachments.

A bench of CJI D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra also directed the UP government to pay Rs 25 lakh compensation to the man whose house was razed in 2019 for a road widening project.