Re-readexcerpts from the judgment on the Olga Tellis vs Bombay MunicipalCorporation case. Now write in your own words what the judgesmeant when they said that the Right to Livelihood was part of theRight to Life.
Re-readexcerpts from the judgment on the Olga Tellis vs Bombay MunicipalCorporation case. Now write in your own words what the judgesmeant when they said that the Right to Livelihood was part of theRight to Life.
In OlgaTellis vs. Bombay Municipal Corporation case,the judges said that the Right to Livelihood was part of the Right toLife. They stated that life does not merely imply an animalexistence; it cannot be lived without a means of living, that is,“the means of livelihood”. The judges conferred thateviction from a pavement or slum is deprivation of means oflivelihood for the poor who cannot afford to live anywhere else. Theytake up small jobs in surrounding areas and to lose their pavement orslum would lead to loss of a job resulting in loss of a means oflivelihood. Consequently, leading to “deprivation of life”.This is how the judges connected Right to Livelihood to the Right toLife.
In OlgaTellis vs. Bombay Municipal Corporation case,the judges said that the Right to Livelihood was part of the Right toLife. They stated that life does not merely imply an animalexistence; it cannot be lived without a means of living, that is,“the means of livelihood”. The judges conferred thateviction from a pavement or slum is deprivation of means oflivelihood for the poor who cannot afford to live anywhere else. Theytake up small jobs in surrounding areas and to lose their pavement orslum would lead to loss of a job resulting in loss of a means oflivelihood. Consequently, leading to “deprivation of life”.This is how the judges connected Right to Livelihood to the Right toLife.
