Section 1. Short title, extent, commencement and provisions
(1) This Act may be called the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*.
(3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different States and any reference in any provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed in relation to any State as a reference to the coming into force of that provision in that State.
(4) The provisions of this Act shall not apply to any land, premises and trains owned and controlled by the Railways under the Railway Act, 1989 (24 of 1989).
STATE AMENDMENT
Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh
Section 1.--In sub-section (2), omit 'except the State of Jammu and Kashmir'.
[Vide Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Second Order, 2020, Notification No. S.O. 3465(E), dated (5-10-2020) and vide Union Territory of Ladakh Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020, notification No. S.O. 3774(E), dated (23-10-2020).]
Judgements applying section 1
Writ Appeal (Madurai Bench, Madras High Court) by 40 street vendors of N.S.B. Road, Trichy against dismissal of writ petition challenging eviction following Town Vending Committee resolution declaring the area a non-vending zone;
DismissedOpen8046/2023 Page 1 of 6 #S-14 IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment Delivered On: 01.06.2023 W.P.(C) 8046/2023, CM APPL. 30982/2023 (Exemption) & CM APPL. 30983/2023 (Interim Relief) RAM BABU ….Petitioner Versus GOVT. OF NCT OF DEL
Writ Petition (Civil)OpenMr. Jagannath Pandurang Kharge Vs Managing Director, Cidco and Anr.
Public Interest LitigationOutcome: DisposedThe High Court disposed of a PIL regarding the eviction of street vendors at Kharghar Node ineligible for research on vendor existence. The Supreme Court directed the State of Maharashtra to ensure Town Vending Committees are constituted in all local authority areas under the 2014 Street Vendors Act.
Public Interest LitigationDisposedOpenThe Acting Chief Justice dismissed two writ appeals filed under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against interim orders in pending writ petitions involving dispossession claims under the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014, holding it inappropriate to pre-judge the Act's…
DismissedOpenA street vendor could not obstruct a bus-bay project by claiming a right to vend at that spot. The court held that the Street Vendors Act did not override highway encroachment-removal powers, allowed the appeal, dismissed the vendor's writ petition and allowed the connected public interest petition, directing…
AllowedOpen