Criminalization of Begging
Issues
- Violation of Right to Life: The provisions of the laws making it illegal to beg force people to choose between committing a crime and being hungry, which is against the fundamental spirit of the Constitution and breaches Article 21, which guarantees the right to life.
- Resolves the Issue of Deprivation Ineffectively: The Delhi High Court decriminalised begging and upheld the notion that poverty is a human rights issue in Harsh Mander & Anr. v. Union of India (2018).
- Beggars are not the Culprit: In Suhail Rashid Bhat vs. State of Jammu & Kashmir and Others (2019), the High Court ....
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