Sleeping under Bridges-The Indian Footnote

The Indian Footnote COURTS have generally not appreciated the various constitutional and civil rights and wrongs involved in the cases of hawkers and squatters who approach them for relief from time to time. The judgment delivered by the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court in the "Hawkers' case" the other day is no exception to the increasingly frequent judicial practice of appearing to paint on a large canvas and then presenting the outcome as complete or comprehensive soon after making a few desultory strokes of the brush.