Right to Walk Archives

Fundamental Right to Walk on Footpath, Homemaker’s Unpaid Work and Five New Judges: Supreme Court June 2026 Roundup

Explore Supreme Court judgments from June 2026 covering defining decisions on recognition of a homemaker’s unpaid work, fundamental right to walk, EWS reservation in private colleges etc., and legal developments on appointment of judges, draft AI Regulations and many more stories.

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5-year-old’s tragic death leads Supreme Court to declare the right to walk on safe footpaths a fundamental right

In a judgment arising from a five-year-old child run over by a tanker while walking to school, the Supreme Court declared that Urban Development Authorities, Municipal Corporations and Panchayats bear an enforceable duty to provide pedestrian infrastructure, with remedies independent of the Motor Vehicles Act.