Published on : 21 Nov 2025, 11:01 am 2 min read

The Kerala High Court recently held that the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014, does not apply to areas falling under Grama Panchayats [Musthaffa K v State of Kerala & ors]

Justice Mohammed Nias CP , thus, dismissed a plea filed by a 68-year-old street vendor seeking a vending certificate to continue operating in the Thamarassery Grama Panchayat area.

The Court observed that the protection available under the Street Vendors Act is meant only for vendors operating in urban areas.

" Since there is no dispute that the area in question is a Grama Panchayat, as held by this Court in Sajjad ( Sajjad v State of Kerala (2018 KHC 804 ) it does not fulfil the definition of a '

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