RAJIV KUMAR vs MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI AND ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision:13th April, 2026 Uploaded on:15th April, 2026 W.P.(C) 16239/2025 RAJIV KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Dipak Raj, Proxy Counsel for Mr. Aditya, Mr. Vipin Kumar, Mr. Anjani Kumar Mishra, Mr. Kailash Kumar Jha, Ms. Pralika Chakraborty, Mr. Fareeduddin, Ms. Srejal Mishra, Advs. versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Ms. Beenashaw N. Soni, Standing Counsel for MCD with Ms. Mansi Jain, Adv. Mr. Ritesh Kumar Bahri, APP with Mr. Lalit Luthra, Adv. for State Insp Satya Prakash and Head Constable Ajay Kumar, PS Patparganj Industrial Area Mr. Anubhav Gupta, Panel Counsel, (Civil) GNCTD with Mr. Siddharth Arora, Advs. for R5 CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE MADHU JAIN Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. CM APPL. 10157/2026 (for directions) 2. The present application has been filed by the Petitioner under Section 3. A brief background of the Petitioner’s case is that, the Petitioner is a tea vendor who had been vending at the spot i.e., on the Footpath, Service Road, Chaudhary Charan Singh Marg, Near ISBT, Anand Vihar, Shahdara South Zone, Ward 18-E,