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Meena Bazar Street Vendors and Hawkers Sangathan & Ors. v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi (Mcd) & Ors.

Delhi HC12 Mar 2024W.P.(C)/3648/2024

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What is this about?

A petition by street vendors holding Certificates of Vending was allowed. The High Court restrained the Municipal Corporation of Delhi from interfering with the vendors' vending activities at City SP Zone, Ward-N-85, provided they operate in accordance with the law and their respective certificates.

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Requested. Respondents restrained from interfering with vending activities provided vendors comply with law and Certificate of Vending terms.

Meena Bazar Street Vendors and Hawkers Sangathan & Ors… — Service and Employment | Delhi HC (2024)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- W.P.(C) 3648/2024 & CM APPL. 15101/2024 MEENA BAZAR STREET VENDORS AND HAWKERS

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SANGATHAN & ORS. ..... Petitioners Through: Mr. Mohd. Asif and Mr. Aagam Jain, Advocates.

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versus

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MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI (MCD) & ORS.

..... Respondents

Through:

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIBHU BAKHRU HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE TARA VITASTA GANJU

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O R D E R

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% 12.03.2024 CM APPL. 15101/2024

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Exemption is allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

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The application is disposed of.

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W.P.(C) 3648/2024

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The present petition has been filed by the persons claiming to be street vendors (13 in number) as well as an association (petitioner no.1) inter alia praying that the petitioners be allowed to vend at the vending site in City SP Zone, Ward-N-85, Chandni Chowk, Delhi 110006 without any hinderance by the public officials. The details of the petitioners/street vendors as reproduced in their petition is as under:

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Sr.	Name of the	Date of issue	Place of vending	Vending
No.	Street Vendors	of vending		certificate (URI)
		certificate
1.	Hari Prasad	03.02.2022	City SP Zone,	2430728

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This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 19/03/2024 at 11:36:27

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			Ward 85-N
2.	Naiyar Abbas	03.02.2022	City SP Zone, Ward 85-N	2144159
3.	Mintula	03.02.2022	City SP Zone, Ward 85-N	5700581
4.	Abdul Hameed	03.02.2022	City SP Zone, Ward 85-N	8523261
5.	Mohammad Shakur	03.02.2022	City SP Zone, Ward 85-N	9954963
6.	Mohammad Tasir	03.02.2022	City SP Zone, Ward 85-N	7145666
7.	Sameer Aalam	03.02.2022	City SP Zone, Ward 85-N	7384139
8.	Nasir	03.02.2022	City SP Zone, Ward 85-N	6344114
9.	Mohammad Saddam	03.02.2022	City SP Zone, Ward 85-N	8028206
10.	Mohd Saddam	03.02.2022	City SP Zone, Ward 85-N	5270415
11.	Mohammad Mahfooz Alam	03.02.2022	City SP Zone, Ward 85-N	3107842
12.	Mohammad Ziyaul Haque	03.02.2022	City SP Zone, Ward 85-N	2123660
13.	Babita Devi	03.02.2022	City SP Zone, Ward 85-N	9492368

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 19/03/2024 at 11:36:27

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The petitioners above have been issued Certificate of Vending (COV) indicating their area of vending as “City SP Zone, Ward-N-85”. Concededly, the said petitioners have not been allocated any site or a fixed place to carry on their vending activities. Thus, in accordance with the terms and conditions as applicable to the COV, the petitioners are proscribed from vending at a fixed place for more than thirty minutes or such time as may be fixed by the Town Vending Committee (TVC).

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Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners shall carry on their vending activities in accordance with the terms and conditions of their COVs.

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Learned counsel appearing for the MCD submits that the MCD has no objection if the petitioners carry on their vending activities in terms of their respective COVs.

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In view of the above, the present petition is allowed by restraining the respondents from interfering with the vending activities carried out by the petitioners provided that the same are in accordance with the law and in terms of their respective COVs.

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The petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms.

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VIBHU BAKHRU, J

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TARA VITASTA GANJU, J

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MARCH 12, 2024 /SA

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Meena Bazar Street Vendors and Hawkers Sangathan & Ors. v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi (Mcd) & Ors.

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