Hawkers Have Taken Over Mumbai's Streets, No Room For Pedestrians: Bombay High Court

A division bench of Justices M S Sonak and Kamal Khata in an order of June 25 said the problem has reached "alarming proportions", and the government and civic body cannot take their own "sweet time" to deal with it.

Unauthorized hawkers have virtually taken over every street in the city leaving no place for pedestrians, the Bombay High Court has observed, asking why ordinary citizens should not get the treatment that only "VVIPs" seem to get.

A division bench of Justices M S Sonak and Kamal Khata in an order of June 25 said the problem has reached "alarming proportions", and the government and civic body cannot take their own "sweet time" to deal with it.

A copy of the order became available on Tuesday.