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SC allows hawking rights to vendors in 236 Mumbai streets
New Delhi, Dec 09: In a major relief to thousands of hawkers in Mumbai, the Supreme Court today allowed them to sell items on the pavements of 236 streets in the metropolis, which is 105 streets more than what the Bombay High Court had permitted.
New Delhi, Dec 09: In a major relief to thousands of
hawkers in Mumbai, the Supreme Court today allowed them to
sell items on the pavements of 236 streets in the metropolis,
which is 105 streets more than what the Bombay High Court had
permitted.
The order was given by a bench comprising Justice S N
Variava and Justice H K Sema while partly allowing the appeal
of various hawkers associations from Mumbai and Maharashtra.
However, the bench directed that the hawkers would be permitted to carry on their business activity only on the streets to be notified by the municipal authority.
The bench also stipulated that hawking activities would not be carried out within 150 metres of railway stations and market places. It also imposed the condition that no hawking would be allowed within 100 metres of educational institutions and religious places.
In their appeal before the apex court, the associations had sought hawking rights on 480 streets saying the high court order had severely curtailed the fundamental right to carry on business guaranteed under Article 19(G) of the constitution.
This order would benefit over 36,000 hawkers to earn their livelihood, petitioners' counsel Sushil Kumar Jain said. Petitioners before the court included Maharashtra Ekta Hawkers Union, Bombay Hawkers Union, AITUC Hawkers Union, Linking Road Stall Owners Association, Lohiya Vichar Manch Hawkers Union and Sheikh Memon Street Hawkers Association.
Bureau Report
However, the bench directed that the hawkers would be permitted to carry on their business activity only on the streets to be notified by the municipal authority.
The bench also stipulated that hawking activities would not be carried out within 150 metres of railway stations and market places. It also imposed the condition that no hawking would be allowed within 100 metres of educational institutions and religious places.
In their appeal before the apex court, the associations had sought hawking rights on 480 streets saying the high court order had severely curtailed the fundamental right to carry on business guaranteed under Article 19(G) of the constitution.
This order would benefit over 36,000 hawkers to earn their livelihood, petitioners' counsel Sushil Kumar Jain said. Petitioners before the court included Maharashtra Ekta Hawkers Union, Bombay Hawkers Union, AITUC Hawkers Union, Linking Road Stall Owners Association, Lohiya Vichar Manch Hawkers Union and Sheikh Memon Street Hawkers Association.
Bureau Report