JUDICIARY

Y OU ARE THE J UDGE A group of citizens from a city have approached the court through a PIL asking for an order to the city municipal authorities to remove slums and beautify the city in order to attract investors to the city. They argue that this is in the ‘public interest.’ The residents of the slum localities have responded by saying that this will encroach on their right to life. They argue that right to life is more central to ‘public interest’ than the right to a clean city. Imagine that you are the judge. Write a judgement deciding if the PIL involves ‘public interest’.