High Court denies relief to vendors, orders action against hawking at Nehru Place

The Delhi High Court has refused alleviation to 2 thoroughfare vendors seeking extortion from eviction astatine Nehru Place, holding that they person nary ineligible close to hawk successful a designated no-vending zone. It besides directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to instrumentality contiguous enactment against unauthorised vendors successful the area.

A Bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Madhu Jain passed the bid connected March 24, dismissing the petitions of 2 vendors who had sought extortion from eviction from vending sites located other the Mansarovar Building successful the Nehru Place commercialized complex. The petitioners had alleged harassment by MCD officials and the police.