Delhi High Court news: The Delhi High Court recently directed a street food vendor to repay a Rs 2.6 lakh loan , holding that his claim of being “illiterate” cannot be accepted when he had already acted upon a written settlement by making part payments under it. Ruling in favour of the lender, Justice Neena Bansal Krishna observed that the conduct of the chole kulche vendor, Raj Kumar, who paid six instalments under the settlement, contradicted his claim that the agreement was involuntary or based on a much smaller loan amount of Rs 20,000. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna found that the vendor’s case rested on bald assertions, unsupported by any document. The Delhi High Court was hearing an appeal filed by Kishan Kumar Gupta, who had initially advanced a loan of Rs 3.20 lakh to the vendor and approached the court alleging non-repayment. Gupta challenged the orders of the trial court and the appellate court, which had dismissed his recovery claim of Rs 2.84 lakh in 2018 and 2024, respectively.…