Delhi High Court rules on slum dwellers

I thought that the following news story might be of interest to you (especially in light of our discussions about how poverty and crime are turned into synonyms):

NEW DELHI: Observing that “jhuggi dwellers are not to be treated as secondary citizens and are entitled to no less an access to basic survival needs as any other citizen”, the Delhi High Court on Thursday ruled that every eligible slum dweller has to be relocated to a place with proper civic amenities before being evicted from a piece of public land.