Hyderabad, May 20 -- The Bombay High Court has strongly criticised the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Municipal Corporation over a demolition drive carried out in connection with the arrest of Nashik TCS case accused Nida Khan, warning authorities against what it called "bulldozer culture" and observing that due procedure had not been followed.

The remarks came while the Aurangabad Bench was hearing petitions filed by AIMIM corporator Matin Patel and 31-year-old Hanif Khan, whose house in Kauser Bagh was among the structures razed during the pre-dawn demolition drive on May 13.

Both Patel and Khan had challenged the civic body's action before the court, with their counsel Abhaysinh Bhosale arguing that mandatory safeguards laid down by the S...