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The Bench was of the opinion that the problem at hand got aggravated because of the population in the country. And even if every individual has a home to reside in, there will always be someone left out from the option. Further the Court expressed concerns over the problem, the threshold and the point till which the Court can manage the situation.
A Bench comprising CJI UU Lalit, Justice S Ravindra Bhat, and Justice Bela M Trivedi while hearing a batch of petitions seeking homes for the homeless, sought a response from the States and Union Territories on the status quo of the matter. States are required to file their responses in separate compilations. The matter will be next heard on November 29.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan appeared before the Court to state the relevant facts in the pertinent matter. He further said that the needs become grave during the coming winter season.
Therefore, the Court opined that "on the substantive issues the Court heard the matter in its order of 11-11-2016, wherein various directives were issued. The Committee established under the (Retd) Justice Kailash Gambhir Delhi High Court and recommendations made by it were placed on record. After 3 years the matter has come up before the Court on the mater, where Prashant Bhushan seeks to highlights issues, areas of concern that needs attention immediately. As stated in the note that monitoring committee has stated in the report that certain questions require for States and UTs to respond. We therefore direct the States and UTs to answer and file their responses from 3 weeks from this day, in separate compilation".
Also, during the course of submissions, a suggestion came before the Court where High Courts were to consider ground level questions in each State and not the Supreme Court. While Advocate Bhushan had submitted that the problem could have been highlighted only because of the Top Court's regular interference in the matter.
The Bench did not go into the rival views.
Case Title: E.R. Kumar and Anr. vs Union of India and Ors.
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