Centre seeks rejection of review plea on PM CARES Fund
India
Published: Sunday, January 10, 2021, 9:30 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 10: The Centre sought dismissal of a review petition seeking information about funds received by the Prime Minister s Citizens Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situation (PM CARES) Fund.
The Union government told the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court that audit statement of receipt and payment accounts of the PM CARES Fund for 2019-20 was available on the trust s website.
An affidavit was filed by Pradeep Srivastava, Under Secretary in the Prime Minister s Office, before a division bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and Anil Kilor in response to a petition filed by advocate Arvind Waghmare.
In August, 2020, the High Court, however, dismissed the petition saying since the Public Charitable Trust Act was applicable to the PM CARES Fund, the petitioner was free to resort to the mechanism provided under the Act for redressal of his grievance of public disclosure of funds.
Later, in December, 2020, Waghmare filed a review petition before the High Court, claiming that the Public Charitable Trusts Act was not applicable in Delhi and sought the court to direct the government to disclose details of the funds received and expenditure done.
The Centre, in its affidavit, stated that the review petition was completely misconceived and is nothing but another attempt at seeking publicity .
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PM Narendra Modi (File photo)
MUMBAI: The Centre on Saturday sought dismissal of a review petition seeking information about funds received by the Prime Minister s citizens assistance and relief in emergency situation (PM Cares) fund.
The Union government told the Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court that audit statement of receipt and payment accounts of the PM Cares fund for 2019-20 was available on the trust s website.
An affidavit was filed by Pradeep Srivastava, under secretary in the Prime Minister s office, before a division bench of justices Sunil Shukre and Anil Kilor in response to a petition filed by advocate Arvind Waghmare.
Centre seeks dismissal of review petition on contributions to PM CARES Fund
The Union government told the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court that audit statement of receipt and payment accounts of the PM CARES Fund for 2019-20 was available on the trust s website
PTI | January 9, 2021 | Updated 22:35 IST
PM CARES Fund was set up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to tackle distress situations such as that posed by the COVID-19 pandemic
The Centre on Saturday sought dismissal of a review petition seeking information about funds received by the Prime Minister s Citizens Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situation (PM CARES) Fund. The Union government told the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court that audit statement of receipt and payment accounts of the PM CARES Fund for 2019-20 was available on the trust s website.