Case Law Analysis
|Chhattisgarh High Court
Article 21 Right to Shelter | State Must Rehabilitate Long-Term Encroachers Before Eviction: Chhattisgarh HC
Chhattisgarh High Court rules that the right to shelter under Article 21 mandates rehabilitation of long-term encroachers on public land before eviction. The court directed the Nava Raipur Development Authority to decide rehabilitation applications within 60 days, staying evictions until a decision is made, setting a precedent for housing policy enforcement.