Court orders city to halt vending in front of Shamdas Kirpalani building

Some of vendors had placed carts and tables with their wares along the pavement outside of the Shamdas Kirpalani building on Regent Street, Georgetown

A High Court judge last week issued orders directing the Town Clerk to instruct the City Constabulary to prevent vendors from operating along the pavement in front of the Shamdas Kirpalani building on Regent Street, Georgetown.

Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall issued the orders on Wednesday based on judicial review proceedings initiated by Kanayalal Kirpalani and Meera Kirpalani, the owners of the property. By way of a fixed-date application, they asked the court to grant orders directing the Town Clerk to instruct the City Constabulary to comply with the city by-laws by preventing persons from placing and storing any receptacles, boxes, carts, freezers, trays and other articles on the pavement and on the street in front of the building.