Urbanization Economics — Key Judgments

Key Judgments

Olga Tellis v. Bombay Municipal Corporation, Writ Petition Nos. 4610–4612 and 5068–5079 of 1981 (10 July 1985)

1985

The Constitution Bench connected livelihood with the right to life and required fair treatment of people facing eviction. It did not recognise a right to encroach on pavements or…

Sodan Singh v. New Delhi Municipal Committee, Constitution Bench (30 August 1989), (1989) 4 SCC 155

1989

The Court recognised street trading within Article 19(1)(g), subject to reasonable regulation. It rejected an entitlement to a permanently chosen pavement location and to hawking…

Municipal Council, Ratlam v. Shri Vardhichand and Others, S.L.P. (Criminal) No. 2856 of 1979 (29 July 1980)

1980

The Court upheld use of the then public-nuisance procedure to enforce municipal sanitation duties and rejected financial inability as a legal escape from those duties. It…