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Hindustan Times
3 days ago
- Hindustan Times
Chandigarh: HC frowns on plea against street vendors, orders welfare cell for them
The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) to establish a vendors' cell for ensuring their welfare and preventing genuine vendors from getting harmed. The high court bench of justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and justice Meenakshi I Mehta passed these directions while dismissing petitions from Manimajra Vyapar Mandal and a Residential Welfare Association (RWA) in Manimajra. The court also slapped a cost of ₹50,000 on each, which would be deposited to the MC for being used for the welfare of street vendors and their families. 'The petition, prime facie, appears to be a motivated petition with a view to use the legal forum for evicting and destabilising the local business of street vendors. We cannot allow such abuse of process of law,' the bench said while imposing the cost and dismissing the plea. The petitioners said they have residential houses and shops/ booths in the area in question. However, inaction by the authorities in removing encroachments by street vendors from public paths, roads and public property has created nuisance and caused traffic hindrances in their free use, ultimately affecting their businesses. The court observed that even 12 years after the apex court had asked for taking steps for the welfare of street vendors, there had been an attempt, through this petition, to evict vendors who have been admittedly carrying out vending since long in the area in question. The court was also informed that Manimajra was a village earlier. It now has a local market where street vendors have been selling food items for long. 'Before we close the case, we are of the firm view that street vendors and their families, who are depositing fee with the MC for the certificate being given to them for vending, also need to be provided some social protection. The amount so recovered by the MC should, therefore, be used for their benefits alone and should be kept in a separate budget head, as a suitable insurance for them, including medical facilities, should be provided by the MC and rules in this regard should be framed,' the court observed. The court added that it has alsonoticed that the benefits of the Street Vending Act, which were meant for genuine street vendors, are being 'misused by a certain set of persons'. Moreover, wrongful means are being adopted to get names lodged in survey registers for illegally getting sites meant for hawkers. Such misuse of law deserves to be dealt with an iron hand and a will to execute the provision of law with integrity and dutifully is required at the hands of authorities. 'We cannot close our eyes to the fact that there is an elite class still following the Britishers, who looks down upon their own countrymen doing small businesses and treats them as if they are mafias as stated in the present petition, or encroachers, who cause chaos in commercial hubs,' it remarked, adding that the judiciary has to rise above 'Such form of impressions, which such elite class carries'. 'Gone are the days when we had British judges, sitting in courts looking at justice to be delivered for people who rule. We are a country, who are now having homogenous class of Indians. A tribal lady from a remote village can now be the President of India and a worker from the grass root level may reach up to the highest echelons of the administration,' the court said.
Time of India
3 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
‘Street vendors no mafia', HC dismisses plea by Manimajra associations
1 2 3 Chandigarh: Dismissing a petition filed by Manimajra-based associations against street vendors terming them to be part of "mafia", the Punjab and Haryana high court has observed that it cannot close its eyes to "elite class still following the Britishers, who looks down on their own countrymen doing small business and treat them as if they are mafias. " "The judiciary itself has to rise above from such impressions which such an elite carries. Gone are the days when we had British judges sitting in courts, looking at justice to be delivered for people who rule. We are a country who are now having a homogenous class of Indians. A tribal lady of a remote village can now be the President of India and a worker from the grass root level may reach up to the highest echelons of the administration. Even in the judiciary we have had examples of persons who worked as munshis/clerks with lawyers and rose up to the level of Chief Justices," the HC has observed. While dismissing the petitions seeking removal of street vendors, the HC has also imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 each on the petitioner unions to be deposited with the municipal corporation (MC) for the welfare of the street vendors and their families. "The petitioner prima facie appears to be a motivated petition with a view to use the legal forum for evicting and destabilizing the local business of the street vendors. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch vàng CFDs với mức chênh lệch giá thấp nhất IC Markets Đăng ký Undo We cannot allow such abuse of process of law," the HC has held. Division bench comprising Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Meenakshi I Mehta has passed these orders while hearing a petition filed by the presidents of Manimajra Vyapar Mandal and resident welfare association Manimajra. The petitioner bodies were aggrieved from the inaction of the Chandigarh administration for not removing the encroachments on public paths, roads and on public property made by fruit vendors Rehri vendors, hawkers, squatters and other vendors. As per the plea, they are creating nuisance, traffic hazards, hindrances in free use of paths, road and public land by the public and badly impact the business of the petitioners as well as members of their association. It was alleged that the vendors, hawkers and squatters are members of the mafia and are encroachers. Dismissing the plea, the HC observed that there is an attempt through the petition to evict the vendors who are admittedly carrying out vending since long in the area where the members of the union fall. In its detailed order the HC also recorded that the Manimajra which has been now included as part of urbanized area of UT Chandigarh and was earlier a village of Chandigarh, has had a local market with the street vendors selling their food items etc. since long. Relief for vendors The bench further held that the street vendors and their families, who are depositing fee with the MC Chandigarh for the certificate being given to them for vending, also need to be provided some social protection. "The amount so recovered by the MC should, therefore, be used for their benefits alone and should be kept in a separate budget head and as s suitable insurance for them, including medical facilities, should be provided by the MC and rules in this regard should be framed," HC has ordered. Special cell for vendors in MC The HC has also directed the MC Chandigarh to set up a particular cell of Inspectors/Officers to regulate that there is no misuse of Vendors Act so that genuine people may not be harmed. Court passed these orders while observing that the Street Vending Act and the benefits which it meant to give to the genuine street vendors is also being misused by a certain set of persons, and even the shopkeepers themselves set up hawker stalls in front of their shops selling their own items. HC observations "India being essentially a country of people coming from the villages and cities being formed by their movement of villagers towards the townships for greener pastures, continues to remain an agrarian society. In fact, development of any city is on account of the reason for the movement of the people from the villages to the towns and from towns to the cities," the division bench said.
Indian Express
4 days ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
‘Elite mindset': HC junks Manimajra RWA plea against street vendors, imposes ₹1 lakh cost
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by Malkit Singh and others, presidents of the Manimajra Vyapar Mandal and the local RWA, seeking the removal of street vendors from Manimajra. Terming it a 'motivated attempt' to destabilise vendors, the court imposed a cost of ₹1 lakh—₹50,000 on each petitioner — to be deposited with the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation for the welfare of street vendors and their families. The ruling, delivered by a Division Bench of Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Meenakshi I Mehta, condemned the misuse of legal process to target livelihoods. The petitioners had alleged that fruit sellers, hawkers, and other vendors were encroaching on roads, footpaths, and parks, obstructing traffic and harming their businesses. They relied on a 2019 High Court order against shopkeeper encroachments and submitted photos of golgappa and vegetable vendors — none of whom were party to the case. Rejecting the plea, the bench upheld vendors' rights under the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014. Citing Supreme Court rulings in Gainda Ram v. MCD (2010) and Sodan Singh v. NDMC (1989), the court affirmed street vending as a fundamental right under Article 19(1)(g). Calling out class bias, the judges observed, 'There is an elite class still following the Britishers, who looks down upon their own countrymen doing small business and treat them as if they are mafias.' India, they said, remains an agrarian society shaped by rural migration to cities, and the judiciary must rise above elitist impressions. Noting that vendors can't be evicted without a proper five-yearly survey by the Town Vending Committee, the court acknowledged instances of misuse by shopkeepers and individuals falsifying records. It directed the Municipal Corporation to create a dedicated cell to curb such practices 'with integrity and dutifully.' The court also ordered that fees collected from vendors be placed under a separate budget head and used exclusively for their welfare, including medical and insurance benefits. (CWP No. 10327 of 2022)
New Indian Express
4 days ago
- Business
- New Indian Express
Nehru reason for India becoming fifth largest economy, says CM Siddaramaiah
BENGALURU: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that because of the foundation laid by the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, India has emerged as the fifth largest economy in the world. 'Nehru is also the reason for revolution of science and technology,' the CM said. Siddaramaiah was speaking at the death anniversary of the former PM at the KPCC office in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Siddaramaiah said that Nehru laid the foundation for modern India. 'Post-independence, after Britishers looted India, there were no facilities in India, but Nehru who became PM that time strengthened India. He ensured to develop India in every sector, food to green revolution, education and other sector. RSS trying to erase this, but it is not happening,' Siddaramaiah said. KPCC president and DyCM DK Shivakumar said Nehru wrote everything to the government, including his house and 30 acres land. 'BJP is making allegation on Nehru and his family. Nehru's contribution to Karnataka is more, including BHEL, ITI and BEML,' the DyCM said.
Time of India
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Doing gupshup
A former associate editor with the Times of India, Jug Suraiya writes two regular columns for the print edition, Jugular Vein, which appears every Friday, and Second Opinion, which appears on Wednesdays. His blog takes a contrarian view of topical and timeless issues, political, social, economic and speculative. LESS ... MORE Why foreign pipples cutting jokes about how we are telling like that only? No doubt one foreigner putting up in Amsterdam itself, having a desi missus who has learnt him about how we are doing gupshup, put it on social media like a bullet to cut jokes about us for timepass. Mind it, we can also cut jokes about foreign pipples. Like Britishers, who are not knowing even to call themselves Britishers, which is their good name, but call themselves British, which everyone knows is only a country that we call Bilayat. What to tell? If we were Britishers our heads would be eating circles and circles. This foreign mister with desi missus has made listi of what we are telling. Starting starting, the listi has 'Do one thing'. Too very true. We are always telling, 'Do one thing'. If we were to tell 'Do two things', reply would come, 'Why I do two things? You do one thing, I do one thing.' Scientists telling it is division of labour. Next to next on listi is, 'There is too less salt in food'. It is right to say there is too less salt in food, because all are knowing that food having not too less salt is bad for BP, which will make you admit to hospital. But why on listi there is item, 'He is my real brother'? Should we tell 'He is not my real brother but fake brother, a fraudster, who by order of higher-ups, and big-big officers should be put under digital arrest today itself'. So what goes it of anyone's father if we tell, he is my real brother? Last to last on listi, it is telling that we are too much telling 'In India, I can get it for 100 rupees'. We are not mad, okay? Which is also on listi. Why for we are to tell, I can get this for 100 rupees in India? Just goes to showing that these foreign pipples even having desi missus are having too less sense. They are not knowing about one thing called inflation. Oof, oh! What we are telling is I can get this in India for two hundred rupees only… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Disclaimer This article is intended to bring a smile to your face. Any connection to events and characters in real life is coincidental.
