MD Irfan Ansari v. Government of NCT Delhi & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court, W.P.(C) 18327/2025, disposed 06.05.2026 by Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Madhu Jain. Street vendor Md Irfan Ansari, holder of COV URI: 8018846 under Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood & Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014; cart seized by Delhi Police (traffic impediment allegation); release ordered 03.12.2025; FIR No. 311/2025 PS Roop Nagar (SHO-Inspector Ramesh Kaushik status report) for repeated vending in non-vending zone; petitioner's undertaking; permission to vend peacefully per COV terms; FIR remedies left open. Petitioner's counsel: Kawalpreet Kaur; GNCTD counsel: Tushar Sannu, Fajallu Rehman, Vaishali Gupta, Kartik Sharma.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner permitted to vend peacefully subject to continued compliance with the terms and conditions of his COV, on his undertaking not to vend in non-vending zones; rights and remedies in respect of FIR No. 311/2025 left open; petition and pending applications disposed of.