Justice SS Sundar & PB Balaji of #MadrasHC are now hearing a suo motu case taken up by the court to evict fish stalls put up on the loop road of Marina beach in Chennai. Justice Sundar asks if there’s any law that entitles the fishermen to squat over the property.

[4/18, 11:53] sekarreporter1: Justice SS Sundar & PB Balaji of #MadrasHC are now hearing a suo motu case taken up by the court to evict fish stalls put up on the loop road of Marina beach in Chennai. Justice Sundar asks if there’s any law that entitles the fishermen to squat over the property. @THChennai
[4/18, 11:53] sekarreporter1: Justice SS Sundar: What kind of argument is this? If we allow fish stalls on both sides of the carriageway on Loop Road, do you expect motorists to fly over the road? It is not just judges who use this road but many others too use it as an alternative to the busy Santhome Road.
[4/18, 12:17] sekarreporter1: Justice SS Sundar says the footpath is supposed to be 2 to 2.5 metres wide as per the road plan but today, it is fully occupied by the eateries.
[4/18, 12:17] sekarreporter1: Judges say, the National Green Tribunal had permitted Greater Chennai Corporation to relay the Loop Road in 2016. That NGT order did not recognise any traditional right of fishermen. Under the Corporation Act, the civic body is obligated to evict encroachers from public roads.
[4/18, 12:20] sekarreporter1: Judge says the number of raw fish stalls encroaching on the carriageway of the Loop Road has been increasing day by day. Similarly, the eateries on the pavement on the other side of the road too have increased and they are cooking on the pavement itself, he adds