The Supreme Court on Friday imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh each on nine States and Union Territories (UTs) and Rs 5 lakh on Haryana for not notifying the names of civil society members in their committees to take care of the needs of the urban homeless. A bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta slammed the states and UTs saying housing was a basic need for everyone.

"Housing is a basic need for everybody. When there is a policy of the Union of India, it has to be implemented by all," said the bench, adding that people without shelter cannot be "left to fend for themselves". The bench imposed a cost of Rs one lakh each on nine states and UTs of Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Manipur, Goa, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Odisha, and Tripura, while slapping Rs 5 lakh cost on Haryana.