Vijender v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Street vendor; Certificate of Vending (COV); provisional COV; Food/Snack with gas cylinder/fire; Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD); Town Vending Committee–II; Section 21 Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014; Condition No. 11 COV; sub-letting barred; third-party interest; gas cylinder size; encroachment on footpath; pedestrian obstruction; cleanliness and hygiene; no construction; Article 226 Constitution of India; writ petition; Khirki Main Road; Sarai Shahji; Khirki Extension; Malviya Nagar; South Zone Ward-S-88; Rajendra Singh v. Commissioner of Police W.P.(C) 15082/2025; vending rights; removal by MCD; Delhi High Court.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner permitted to continue vending at his designated spot subject to conditions: small/medium gas cylinder only; confinement to the existing space without encroaching on pedestrian areas; maintenance of cleanliness and hygiene; Condition No. 11 of the COV held inapplicable while all other COV conditions apply; bar on sub-letting or creation of third-party interest in the provisional COV; no permanent or temporary construction; directions subject to any Town Vending Committee–II plan under section 21 of the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 with no vested rights. Pending applications, if any, also disposed of.