Sukanta Kumar Sena v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.(C) No.189 of 2024, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, order dated 12.02.2024 (Coram: Dr. Justice B.R. Sarangi and Mr. Justice M.S. Sahoo). Street vendor with vending licence challenged threatened demolition/eviction without due process. Court held eviction requires due notice under Section 18 of the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014; absent such notice, action is unsustainable in law, with liberty to authorities to proceed per Section 18. Petition disposed of; interim order vacated. Keywords: street vendor, eviction, demolition, due notice, Section 18, vending licence, procedural fairness, no-vending zone, Town Vending Committee.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with the clarification that any eviction of the petitioner must be carried out by giving due notice and in accordance with Section 18 of the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014; liberty left to the opposite parties to proceed per that provision; interim order passed earlier vacated.