New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from all the states and UTs regarding the issue of shelter homes for the homeless within the next 3 weeks. It further said that it will decide if it wants to deal with the matter or designate it to the High Courts after going through all the responses.
The bench comprising CJI UU Lalit, Justice S Ravindra Bhat, and Justice Bela M Trivedi, hearing a batch of matters regarding providing sufficient shelter homes to the homeless, observed that considering the huge population of the country, it has become very difficult to manage the situation.
"I am not being pessimistic but looking at the population of the country, even if there are zero people left outside, there will always be some who are left out at some point...population is such. To be managing the entire case state, taluka, or district-wise is difficult. To what level can we manage this?" said CJI UU Lalit during the hearing.
The CJI further suggested that it would be better for the High Courts to look into the matter, but Adv Prashant Bhushan -- who appeared in the matter from the petitioners' side -- said that interference of the top court has highlighted the problem, which will be difficult to establish at the HC level.
