Karnataka High Court refuses to interfere with GBA’s safe footpath campaign
The Karnataka High Court has declined to intervene in the Greater Bengaluru Authority’s 'Safe Footpath Campaign,' supporting the goal of clearing pedestrian walkways. The court has requested a status report on the implementation of the Street Vendors Act by December.
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It balances urban infrastructure improvement with the legal rights and livelihoods of street vendors.
The High Court of Karnataka on Friday declined to interfere with the Greater Bengaluru Authority’s (GBA) Safe Footpath Campaign, while observing that the initiative aims to ensure pedestrians have unobstructed space on footpaths.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice K.S. Hemalekha made these observations while hearing a PIL petition filed by Bengaluru-based R. Rajgopalan, a former corporate board advisor and an environmentalist, raising multiple issues related to footpaths, including the welfare of street vendors.
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