Landmark case · Land Laws · Semester 4

Olga Tellis v. Bombay Municipal Corporation

AIR 1986 SC 180 · Supreme Court of India

The right to livelihood is part of Article 21; pavement dwellers cannot be evicted without a just procedure, though the right is not a licence to encroach.

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Eviction, slums and the right to livelihood — Unit V, Land Laws.

Related sections:

Constitution of India, 21 — Protection of life and personal liberty
Constitution of India, 300A — Property not to be taken save by authority of law
Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, 2(1) — Acquisition for public purpose including infrastructure and urbanisation