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1985 Supreme Court order on pavement dwellers could stall NDMC demolition drive -Krishnadas Rajagopal

-The Hindu

Constitution bench had upheld the right to livelihood of those who ply their trade on the footpaths

The North Delhi Municipal Corporation’s bulldozers’ show of strength against roadside stalls, and push carts in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri may face resistance from a Constitution Bench judgment of the Supreme Court which had upheld the right to livelihood of pavement dwellers who ply their trade on the footpaths out of sheer economic compulsions.

Examining the issue that pavement dwellers cannot be treated as trespassers, a five-judge Bench led by then Chief Justice of India Y.V. Chandrachud had held that their eviction should not lead to deprivation of their livelihoods. The court had said that they should not be subject to harassment adding that their right to livelihood was an integral part of the right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution.

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