The State Commission for Human Rights Kerala has ordered Kozhikode Corporation to clean up Lic Corner near Manachira in Kozhikode. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh
Kerala State for Human Rights (KSHRC) is in Loggerheads with court panels for street sellers on his recent Directive to clean up the Lic Corner intervention near Manachira in Kozhikode City.
In its last order issued on April 2, the Commission asked Kozhikode Corporation to completely move out street sellers who interfered on the pedestrian trail in violation of its orders. The secretary of Kozhikode Corporation has been asked to answer these questions in three weeks – announced a corporation of an area where street sales are allowed? If so, gave it certificates to street sellers to undertake? If the company has issued them certificates to do business on sidewalks, busy roads and intersections, does it have permission from the police?
The district police chief (the city of Kozhikode) was asked to present a report for a week and explained whether the police had given permission for street sellers on the sidewalk near the corner of Lic. The order stated that the committee had no objection to street sales unless it affected pedestrian rights. The Commission also asked the company to identify the areas where it could be done and demanded that street sellers near the corner of the LICE to move elsewhere.
The origin of the dispute is an order issued by K. Baijunath, a court member of the Commission, March 17, which is requested by the District Police Chief (Kozhikode) and the Secretary of the Corporation to evict the street sellers who allegedly interfered with the pedestrian trail near the LIC office. In the case of a registered SUO MOT, the Commission asked officials to clean the sidewalk for pedestrians. Although street dealers were subsequently removed from the area, they later returned according to the orders of the court -made government under the street sellers (protection of livelihood and the regulation of street sales) of the Act of 2014.
1 April issued another order that asked MA Nissar, chairman of the Judicial Committee for street sellers to withdraw his directive within seven days against the previous order concerning the eviction of intervention. Mr. Baijunath asked what right the President of the Committee must intervene in an order issued by the Commission, which was established under the 1993 Human Rights Protection Act.
He South To Know If Authorization certificates isssed by the Police or the Corporation as Per Section 27 of the street vendors (protection of liveliiod and regulation of street vending) Act, 2014, Were amaralable to Conduct Street Vending at Mananchira. He also asked whether street sales sales could be carried out in this questionable area under the provisions of the Act.
The Commission previously issued the Committee announcement of the cause. Mr. Baijunath said that if the President of the Committee did not send an answer to the announcement in the next 10 days, he would start steps under Section 18 of the 1993 Human Rights Act. Meanwhile, Mr. Nissar told the Hind to move the High Court to emphasize the situation of the street sellers.
Published – April 2 2025 20:13
