SC refuses to entertain plea searching for disclosure of PM-CARES Fund
By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain a plea searching for a course to the Centre to reveal accounts, exercise and expenditure particulars of the PM-CARES Fund and make it open for audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG).
A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai requested the petitioner to strategy the Allahabad excessive courtroom and file a evaluation petition within the matter.
Senior advocate Devadatt Kamat, showing for the petitioner, submitted that the ambit of reduction sought is completely completely different and validity and disclosure of PM-CARES Fund was sought.
He mentioned the High Court dismissed the petition counting on CPIL (judgment of the highest courtroom) and said that the High Court was not appropriate in relying solely on the judgment.
The bench mentioned: “You might be right in saying that all issues were not considered. We don’t know if you had argued. You go and file a review. Let us have the benefit of that.”
“Petitioner referred to relief claimed in petition and submitted that points have not been dealt with by the High Court while dismissing. Only ground was that this is covered by CPIL judgment. Senior counsel seeks permission to withdraw SLP to go and argue in HC these other grounds. Granted. Permitted as withdrawn. Petitioner at Liberty to approach this court later if aggrieved”.
The enchantment, filed by advocate Divya Pal Singh, challenged the Allahabad High Court’s judgement dated August 31, 2020.
Singh alleged that “unimaginable and unfathomable quantities of public cash is pumped unabatedly on a regular basis, into the coffers of the Fund”.
The High Court had dismissed the PIL counting on the apex courtroom’s choice of August 18, 2020, which refused a plea by NGO CPIL for the CAG audit of PM-CARES Fund.
The high courtroom had refused to direct the Centre to switch the contributions made to the PM CARES Fund for battling the COVID-19 pandemic to the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) saying each are solely completely different funds with separate object and function.
