more-inThe Madras High Court Bench here on Wednesday stayed a notification issued by Tiruchi Corporation Commissioner on April 24 for electing six members, from among street vendors in the city, to the Town Vending Committee to be constituted in accordance with the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act of 2014. Muralidaran and N. Seshasayee granted the interim stay on a public interest litigation petition filed by K. Palanisamy, secretary of Anaithu Tharai Kadai Vyaparigal Pathukappu Sangam, an association of street vendors, alleging that the corporation had failed to identify and issue identity cards to all street vendors in the city. The petitioner’s counsel R. Karunanithi pointed out that the central law was enacted in 2014 to safeguard the interests of poor street vendors and the State Government too had framed the statutory rules under the enactment in 2015. One of the important aspects of the legislation was formation of Town Vending Committees with adequate representation to the street vendors. As per the law, at least 40% of the committee members should be street vendors.

Source: The Hindu May 17, 2017 19:52 UTC