Homelessness is a global issue but people living on streets are also human beings with the same footing as everyone else, the Bombay High Court said on Friday refusing to pass any order directing removal of such persons in south Mumbai.

A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale was dealing with an application filed in a petition taken up suo motu (on its own) by HC on the issue of unauthorised vendors and hawkers occupying the city's footpaths and sidewalks.