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Model Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act

The Parliament of India introduced the Street Vendors Act 2014 with an aim to protect the rights of urban street vendors and regulate street vending. Among other things, the Act aims to formalise vendors by surveying them, providing them with vending certificates, demarcating vending zones, and putting in pla +ce institutions like the Grievance Redressal Committees and Town Vending Committees (TVCs).


Advocates Act, 1961

This report highlights key issues litigants face in India due to regulatory gaps in the legal services sector. This paper puts forward an agenda for reform in the regulatory framework, for consideration of the Law Commission..


Offer Of Judgment Rule Proposing Section 35C in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

There are several alarming figures that sum up the need for judicial reform, especially in the domain of contract enforcement.


Examination of the implementation of the SVA, 2014 Submissions to the Parliamentary Standing Committee

The Parliament of India introduced the Street Vendors Act 2014 (SVA) with an aim to protect the rights of urban street vendors and regulate street vending activities.


Submission on farm Laws : Summary

Despite decades of policy interventions, a majority of Indian farmers have not seen their incomes rise. Farmers with small or marginal holdings, who make up around two-thirds of all farmers, find themselves prey to indebtedness, a lack of choice in inputs, and underdeveloped warehousing and processing facilities.


Implementation of the Rajasthan Street Vendors’ Act 2012

The Rajasthan Street Vendors Act was passed on 29 August 2011 and came into force on 1 April 2012.


Proposed amendment in Delhi Street Vending Rules

The Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi published the Delhi Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Rules, 2014 in the Delhi Gazette on 26th of November, 2014 under the provisions of the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014.


Model Rules under the Street Vendors Act 2014

iJustice has drafted Model Rules under the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act 2014, for dissemination amongst Government Authorities.


Right to Employment vs Security

The Hon’ble High Court of Gujarat, in Mahila Utkarsh Trust vs Union of India (2014 SCC OnLine Guj 7642), held the provisions contained in Section


Does Gambling Qualify as a Trade?

A five judge bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, in State of Bombay vs R.M.D. Chamarbaugwala (AIR 1957 SC 699), held that gambling or conducting


Charu Khurana: Fair End, Flawed Means

In Charu Khurana v. Union of India, 2014 SCC Online SC 900, a Supreme Court Bench comprising of Dipak Misra and U.U. Lalit, JJ held that the bye-laws