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Where on one hand Government of Delhi plans to remove all hawkers and vendor from road as part of beautification of Delhi for Commonwealth Games. On the other hand Jharkhand High Court has directed for the formation of a committee for rehabilitation of vendors.
A Division Bench of Jharkhand High Court, comprising of Acting Chief Justice M.Y. Eqbal and Justice D.N. Patel in a Public Interest Litigation W.P. (PIL) No. 2519 of 2010 National Hawkers Federation Ranchi Chapter Vrs. Union of India and ors on dated 29.5.2010 in the presence of the DC, the SSP, the SP Traffic and the CEO RMC, directed that a committee be formed under the chairmanship of the former High Court judge SK Chattopadhyay, which will include the DC, the SSP, the Traffic SP and the CEO, RMC to look into the issues of vendors and their rehabilitation at suitable place. This PIL was filed by the Jharkhand State Unit of Human Rights Law Network.
The court has directed that the issue of the vendors will be guided by the direction of the apex court in Maharashtra Ekta Hawkers Union Case. Further the committee headed by the former High Court judge is expected to receive suggestions from public and civic organizations and the public at large for the improvement of the traffic congestion problem as well as the issue of vendor encroachment and their rehabilitation. Further Court directed that the representative of the street vendors shall appraise the committee.
Earlier Jharkhand High Court was passed an order dated on dated 4.5.2010 while hearing W.P. (PIL) No 6141 of 2010 Rajnish Mishra Vrs. State of Jharkhand and W.P (PIL) No. 1872 of 2010 Ashish Kumar Singh Vrs. State of Jharkhand, to remove all kind of encroachment from the streets of the city, consequently the livelihood of more than 30000 hawkers was getting effected. HRLN, Ranchi Unit filed Intervener petition on behalf of the Ranchi Foothpath Dukandar Sangh. Further HRLN filed the abovementioned PIL.
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