Public urinal, open bin outside house violate one's right to dignity: HC

THE Delhi High Court has held that “hygienic environment” is an integral aspect of a healthy life, the absence of which frustrates one’s fundamental right to live with dignity.

- UDAYAN KISHORE @New Delhi

The reference was in the context of a petitioner who was vexed with the foul smell from a public toilet and an open garbage bin adjacent to his house.

A lawyer moved the High Court, complaining that an unauthorised open garbage bin and a public urinal were being constructed adjacent to his house. He told the court that nearly 150 residents were using the garbage bin and that, despite repeated requests to officials to maintain sanitary conditions, no action had been taken.