Delhi High Court To Hear Pleas Over Legal Status Of PM CARES Fund On January 31
NDTV
In July, the court had asked the Centre to file a "detailed and exhaustive" reply on the petition by Samyak Gangwal seeking to declare the PM CARES Fund a 'State' under Article 12 of the Constitution to ensure transparency in its functioning.
The Delhi High Court today listed for hearing on January 31 pleas concerning the legal status of the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund or PM CARES Fund under the Constitution and the Right to Information Act.
A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad also granted four weeks' time to the Centre to file its reply in the matter in terms of an earlier order passed by the court.
In July, the court had asked the Centre to file a "detailed and exhaustive" reply on the petition by Samyak Gangwal seeking to declare the PM CARES Fund a 'State' under Article 12 of the Constitution to ensure transparency in its functioning.
The court had then noted that only a one-page reply was filed to such an "important issue" and said it wanted an extensive response by the government.
