“The ban order affects cycle rickshaw pliers and street vendors, but neither they, nor their representatives have not been heard as per principles of natural justice. The order purports to target ‘vehicular pollution’ but instead targets non-polluters and the vulnerable poor rather than the actual contributors to pollution.
“The order purporting to target ‘vehicular pollution’ is contrary to various prevailing laws, government policies and settled principles in matters of public interest relating to both cycle rickshaw plying and urban street vending,” the plea, moved through advocate Indira Unninayar, said.
