Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Oct 29: The Delhi High Court on Friday set November 18 for the hearing on a petition relating to the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund).
Earlier, this matter was scheduled to be heard on November 30 but a bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh allowed applications seeking an early hearing of the petitions.
The petition was filed by Samyak Gangwal, who sought to declare the PM CARES Fund a ‘state’ under the constitution. The petitioner has also sought direction to restrain the PM CARES Fund from using the Prime Minister of India. In addition to this, the petitioner also sought to restrain the PM CARES Fund from using the state Emblem of India on its website, Trust Deed other official/unofficial communications and advertisements.
In response to this petition, PMO said that the PM CARES Fund is not a fund of the government of India and the amount does not go in the consolidated fund of India. However, Samyak Gangwal has also challenged the decision of the Central Public Information Officer, Prime Minister’s Office wherein the RTI application seeking documents related to the PM CARES Fund was denied.
