Tagged “pedestrian-safety”

Maniyar Iliyaz v. P. Ayyappan (2026): the Supreme Court declares a fundamental right to walk on demarcated footpaths

Hearing a routine motor-accident appeal after a five-year-old was killed on a road with no footpath, the Supreme Court declared the right to walk — including a safe, demarcated footpath — a fundamental right under Article 19(1)(d) read with Articles 19(1)(a)–(c) and 21, with priority over motorised traffic. It renumbered the matter as an Article 32 petition, impleaded three Union Ministries, and referred a statutory framework to the Law Commission.