Anirudh v. Commissioner of Police and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
The Delhi High Court disposed of a writ petition by a street vendor holding a provisional Certificate of Vending (URI No. 7595053) under the category "Food/Snack with gas cylinder/fire" for Ward 83-N. The vendor sought protection from repeated disturbance by MCD and Delhi Police officials at his vending site on the footpath in front of an HP Petrol Pump, Shyamnath Marg, Kashmere Gate. After perusing photographs showing the vendor operating next to a tree without obstructing pedestrians, the Court permitted him to continue vending subject to conditions: using only a small gas cylinder placed on the cart, restricting to the space shown in photographs, maintaining hygiene with a dustbin, and complying with all CoV conditions except Condition 11 (mobile vendor time limit). The Court relied on
What did the court decide?
Petitioner permitted to vend at designated footpath site subject to conditions: small gas cylinder on cart, no obstruction to pedestrians/traffic, hygiene maintenance with dustbin, compliance with CoV conditions except Condition 11, no subletting or construction. Vending activities not to be disturbed subject to adherence. Directions subject to future TVC-II plan under Section 21 of Street Vendors