SHEETAL GUPTA vs MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI AND ORS

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$~63 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 16th April, 2026 Uploaded on: 18th April, 2026 + W.P.(C) 5053/2026 SHEETAL GUPTA ...Petitioner Through: Mr. Aditya, Mr. Anjani Kr. Mishra, Vipin Kr., Mr. Kailash Kr Jha, Ms. Pralika Chakraborty, Mr. Fareeduddin, Ms. Srejal Mishra, Advs. versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Ms. Puja S Kalra, Standing Counsel with Mr.Virendra Singh, Advocate for MCD. Ms. Vaishali Gupta, Panel Counsel (Civil ) GNCTD, Mr. Siddharth Arora, Advocates Mr. Akhil Mitta, SPC-UOI with Ms. Riddhi Jain & Ms. Shayna Das Pattanayak, Advs. for R-4 & 5. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE MADHU JAIN Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. The present petition has been filed by the Petitioner- Mr. Sheetal Gupta under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, seeking directions to the Respondents to allow the Petitioner to peacefully vend from the vending site on the footpath/open space, Hansraj Gupta Road alongside DDA Park Wall, Opposite Bharat Petroleum Petrol Pump, Greater Kailash-I, South Zone, Ward-S-86, New Delhi (hereinafter, ‘the vending site’). 3. The case of the Petitioner is that he is a street vendor, who has been Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 5053/2026 Page 1 of 3 By:DHIRENDER KUMAR Signing Date:18.04.2026 12:16:36 selling paan items and water bottles from the vending site for several years. The Petitioner has been issued a provisional Certificate of Vending (hereinafter, ‘CoV’) bearing URI No. 9434943 under the category of ‘Others’ for South Zone, Ward S-86. 4. The photograph of the vending site of the Petitioner is set out below: 5. The grievance of the Petitioner is that he is being harassed by the concerned offic