India, March 27 -- The Bombay High Court on Thursday sharply criticised the Maharashtra government and the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) for the continued delay in implementing a comprehensive street vending scheme, and questioned the authorities on the lack of clarity regarding hawking zones and the seizure of goods.

Warning that if clear timelines for the implementation of the scheme-as specified under the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014-are not placed on record, a division bench of justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande said it may be constrained to make the authorities liable of contempt.

"Next time, we'll call your senior officers, and we'll record that the sta...