Noor Alam v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Noor Alam street vendor Nizamuddin Railway Station VIP Gate provisional Certificate of Vending CoV URI 2819980 Food/Snack gas cylinder Central Zone Ward S-55 MCD Delhi Police obstruction peaceful vending Mata Sushila Malhotra DAV Primary School pan masala gutka cigarettes tobacco sale near school Ram Prasad Rita Devi W.P.(C) 3524/2026 order 19 March 2026 cleanliness hygiene geo-tagging photographs Town Vending Committee-II Section 21 Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act 2014 alternate vending site Assistant Commissioner three days Article 226 Constitution writ petition disposed conditions no subletting third-party interest no construction dustbin ingress egress students
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of with directions: MCD to ensure the Petitioner does not obstruct school ingress/egress and to identify appropriate vending space; Petitioner barred from selling pan masala, gutka, cigarettes or other tobacco products outside Mata Sushila Malhotra DAV Primary School; small gas cylinder permitted; Petitioner to restrict himself to allotted space, maintain cleanliness with a dustbin, create no third-party interest in the provisional CoV (bar on subletting), and erect no permanent or temporary construction; alternate site to be identified by the concerned Assistant Commissioner, MCD within three days; directions subject to any Town Vending Committee–II plan under Section 21 of the Street Vendors Act, 2014; subject to compliance, the Petitioner not to be disturbed from peaceful vending.