The Bombay High Court on Monday asked police if vendors would be allowed to put up stalls outside the Mantralaya or the governor`s house and heavily criticised the police and civic authorities for their inability to find a solution for the illegal hawking menace.

According to the PTI report, the division bench of Justices M S Sonka and Kamal Khata said if the issue of illegal hawkers and vendors was a recurring problem, a permanent solution was required, and the authorities could not claim to be helpless.