1. Street trading received judicial recognition by the Supreme Court of India in case reported as Sodan Singh v. New Delhi Municipal Committee AIR 1989 SC 1988. The practice as prevalent in England was taken note of paragraphs 427 and 428 of Halsburys Laws of England Edition IV Vol 40, were quoted. These paras are noticed again :

"427-Adoption of street trading code and designation of streets. A district council may resolve that the street trading code is to apply to its district as from as specified day. Where it has done so, it may by resolution designate any street in its district as a prohibited street in which street trading is prohibited, a licence street in which street trading is prohibited without a licence granted by the district council or a consent street in which street trading is prohibited without its consent."

"428-street trading licences. Application for grant or renewal of a street trading licence under the street trading code may be made by any person aged seventeen or over in writing to the district council. The council is under a duty to grant the application unless it considers that it ought to be refused on one or more of the following grounds:-

(1) That the

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