India, May 6 -- Nothing is being done to tackle the menace of illegal hawking in the city, the Bombay High Court said on Tuesday, while flagging administrative chaos and suggesting the introduction of a QR code-based identification for hawkers to bring transparency to the process.

The division bench of justices Ajay Gadkari and Kamal Khata also questioned the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on what it had done so far to identify illegal hawkers, especially alleged Bangladeshi nationals, and on the steps taken to remove and repatriate the illegal migrants.

"How are you handling them? Nothing is done, you take it from us. There's chaos in the system. Post summer vacation, it will be more chaotic," the bench said.

Senior counsel ...