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Pradeep Kundra & Ors. v. New Delhi Municipal Council & Ors.

Delhi HC5 Feb 2026W.P.(C)/16616/2025

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What is this about?

street vendors; Connaught Place; Inner Circle; non-vending zone; Town Vending Plan; New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC); Section 21(2) Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act 2014; Competent Authority; Palika Bazar Shopkeepers Welfare Association v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi; W.P.(C) 151/2026; W.P.(C) 16616/2025; W.P.(C) 19705/2025; vending zones; livelihood; disposal of writ petitions; Delhi High Court 05.02.2026

What did the court decide?

No substantive relief; petitions and pending applications disposed of, with all rights and remedies of the parties preserved for agitation after the Town Vending Plan is finalised by the competent authority. ¶22

Pradeep Kundra & Ors. Vs New Delhi Municipal Council & Ors. — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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$~45 & 46

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 16616/2025 & CM APPL. 68085/2025, CM APPL. 80579/2025

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PRADEEP KUNDRA & OR	S. .....Petitioners
Through:	Mr. Bibhuti Bhushan Mishra with Mr. Dhruv Chauhan, Ms. Niharika Punn. Mr. Himanshu Mishra, Mr. Shivam Mishra, Mr. Rahul, Mr. Siddharth Gupta and Mr. Anubhav Gupta, Advs. (M:9999517030)
versus
NEW DELHI MUNICIPAL C	OUNCIL & ORS. .....Respondents
Through:	Mr. Sriharsha Peechara, Standing Counsel NDMC Mr. Aditya Bharat Manubarwala, Addl. Standing Counsel NDMC, Mr. Soumit Ganguly, Ms. Tanishka Grover & Ms. Charvi Virmani, Advs. (M: 9650612935) ASI Jaibir Singh, Parvi Officer, PTC
	circle and ASI Devender, Parvi Officer/Traffic. Ms Pushti Gupta, SPC for R-4 &5. (M: 9599915879)
	Mr. Atul Tanwar along with Ms. Mahima K Sharma, Advs.
	Mr. Nikram Kumari Yadav, Joint
	Director Enforcement. (M:
	9015235420)
46 AND
+ W.P.(C) 1 PRAVEEN KUNDRA & OR	9705/2025 S. .....Petitioners
Through:	Mr. Bibhuti Bhushan Mishra with Mr. Dhruv Chauhan, Ms. Niharika Punn.
	Mr. Himanshu Mishra, Mr. Shivam
	Mishra, Mr. Rahul, Mr. Siddharth

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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 10/02/2026 at 13:04:06

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Gupta and Mr. Anubhav Gupta, Advs.

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versus

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NEW DELHI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sriharsha Peechara, Standing Counsel NDMC Mr. Aditya Bharat Manubarwala, Addl. Standing Counsel NDMC, Mr. Soumit Ganguly, Ms. Tanishka Grover & Ms. Charvi Virmani, Advs. (M: 9650612935) Mr. Akanksha Gupta, Adv. for NDMC. (M: 9013799111).

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Ms. Saumya Tandon, CGSC with Mr. Gaurav Singh Sengar, Adv. for R-4 & 5.

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Mr. Nikram Kumari Yadav, Joint Director Enforcement. (M: 9015235420)

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CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE MADHU JAIN

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O R D E R

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% 05.02.2026

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This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

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These are petitions filed by the Petitioners who are street vendors and claim to have been vending in different areas of Connaught Place.

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The prayer in these writ petitions is for challenging the Town Vending Plan finalised by the New Delhi Municipal Corporation to the extent that it excludes Inner circle, Connaught Place and declare the same as a non-vending zone.

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The inclusion and exclusion of parts of Connaught Place as vending and non-vending zones is now to be finalised and decided by the Competent

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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 10/02/2026 at 13:04:06

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Authority. Detailed orders have been passed by this Court today in W.P.(C) 151/2026 titled ‘Palika Bazar Shopkeepers Welfare Association & Ors. v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi’ .

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All rights and remedies of the parties are left upon to be agitated after the Town Vending Plan is finalised by the competent authority and norms are fixed in terms of Section 21(2) of the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014.

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This petition is disposed of. Pending applications, if any, are also disposed of.

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PRATHIBA M. SINGH, J

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MADHU JAIN, J

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FEBRUARY 5, 2026 dj/ck

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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 10/02/2026 at 13:04:06

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