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“It has become an everyday malady of petitioners moving PILs, complaining of encroachment et cetera that the encroachers, and sometimes even officials of the Government, try to browbeat the petitioners by physical assault or threat into withdrawing the PIL.”
The Court stated that for ascertaining the charges to be recovered from the encroacher, the land-owning authorities shall consider the area of encroached land, period for which the encroached land was illegally used, the market price or circle rate of the encroached area.
The High Court questioned Kolkata Municipal Corporation and police authorities as to why they are unable to regulate or evict the hawkers.
The Delhi High Court directed that all the eateries and shops which were operating on the road should abide by the norms which were fixed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and should ensure that public roads and footpaths were not occupied.