New Delhi, June 20 -- The Supreme Court on Friday declared that every citizen has a fundamental right to walk on a demarcated footpath, holding that this right is primary and takes precedence over the movement of motorised vehicles, as it delivered a far-reaching judgment that could reshape urban planning and road design across the country. A bench of justices PS Narasimha and Atul S Chandurkar ruled that the existence of a road necessarily casts a corresponding legal duty on public authorities to provide and maintain footpaths for pedestrians, making the right judicially enforceable. "If a road exists, there must be a duty to ensure that a footpath is demarcated and maintained for the walkers. This is an enforceable duty. The fundamental right to walk on demarcated footpaths shall override the privilege of a motorised vehicle," it said.P6...