The Supreme Court has ruled that commuters have a fundamental right to use the roads without any impediment and asked the government to put in place by June 2011 a suitable law to regulate the activities of street hawkers and vendors in the national capital. A Bench of Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly, however, said it equally recognised the fundamental right of street vendors and hawkers, to earn their livelihood but the same should be subjected to reasonable restrictions. The apex court also noted that the burgeoning population has resulted in rapid urbanisation but there seems to be no restriction placed on people purchasing any number of cars, three wheelers and scooters. The apex court said a suitable law on the issue was required as ad hoc policy measures lacking statutory backing cannot serve the purpose.