Central Vista is an important, essential national project- Delhi High Court; Petition dismissed with fine of ₹ 1 lakh

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and former president and MP Rahul Gandhi attended the foundation stone laying program of new assembly hall of Chhattisgarh  was while before Congress president Sonia Gandhi has opposed the Central Vista project of New Delhi, citing Corona . In April 2020, Congress President Sonia Gandhi wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding that several steps be taken, including a 30 percent reduction in government spending and suspension of the ‘Central Vista’ project, in the wake of the Corona crisis. Sonia Gandhi wrote a letter asking that the Central Vista beautification and construction project being built at a cost of Rs 20,000 crore be postponed in view of the Corona crisis. Both news reports have been posted on social media regarding this double character of Congress  .   

The petition to stop the ‘Central Vista Project’ has been rejected by the Delhi High Court, the court has also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the petitioner, the court said, a bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh ruled that this national It is a compulsory project of importance, there is no justification for stopping the construction work. The court further said that the petition is not a genuine public interest litigation petition but an “inspired”, hence a penalty of one lakh was also imposed on the petitioner.

According to the information, Anya Malhotra and Sohail Hashmi filed a petition in the Delhi High Court seeking a moratorium on the construction of Central Vista due to the situation of Corona in the national capital Delhi and the threat posed by the construction work as a potential super spreader. Had. The petition argued that there was no justification for classifying the Central Vista project as an “essential service”.