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Delhi HC Asks Centre To File Exhaustive Reply On Plea To Declare PM CARES Fund A State

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday took exception to the Centre filing a one-page reply on “such an important issue” of PM CARES Fund on which a petition has been filed to declare it as a ‘State’ under the Constitution to ensure transparency in its functioning.

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Delhi High Court on Tuesday slammed the Centre for filing a one-page reply to a petition seeking the declaration of the PM CARES Fund as The State under Article 12 of the Constitution of India. India News | Delhi HC Irked over Centres One-page Affidavit on Plea to Bring Transparency in PM CARES Fund.

Opposing the Centre's stand that the PM CARES Fund was not a government fund, a lawyer told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that there was no factor to show that the fund was private in nature.

Bihar's main opposition party RJD on Friday mocked Kanhaiya Kumar's induction into the Congress, saying that the former JNU student is like "another Navjot Singh Sidhu" who would "destroy" the grand old party.

Contributions to be used exclusively for COVID-19 relief measures. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday appealed to the general public, charity institutions and corporates to contribute generously to the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund to help the State government fight the COVID-19 pandemic effectively. In his appeal, Mr. Stalin said Tamil Nadu was under the grip of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and the State has 1,52,389 active cases, of whom 31,410 were on oxyge...