The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned to November 16 listening to a petition difficult change in land use of the plot the place the brand new official residences of the Vice President and Prime Minister are scheduled as a part of the bold Central Vista undertaking in Lutyens’ Delhi. . .
A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar deferred the matter after it was identified {that a} reply affidavit has been filed by the Centre.
“We are knowledgeable {that a} reply affidavit has been filed on-line. A replica of the reply needs to be stored within the paper e book. Petitioner granted time to file rejoinder as prayed. record on November 16,” the bench mentioned.
The Central Vista reform, introduced in September 2019, envisages a brand new triangular parliament constructing with a seating capability of 900 to 1,200 MPs, to be constructed by August 2022, when the nation celebrates its seventy fifth Independence Day.
Common Central Secretariat is to be constructed by 2024 below the undertaking protecting a distance of three km from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate within the nationwide capital.
The prime courtroom was listening to a petition difficult the conversion of land use of plot primary from a recreation space to a residential space.
The bench had earlier requested the Center to file a brief affidavit on the problem.
The counsel showing for the petitioner had submitted that so far as the change in land use from leisure to residential for the plot is anxious, the authorities haven’t proven any public curiosity.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, showing for the Centre, had instructed the bench that the official residences of the Vice President and the Prime Minister are earmarked on the plot.
Mehta had mentioned the leisure space might be shifted, however he mentioned Parliament can be constructed there, citing safety issues.
The bench requested whether or not it wish to file a quick affidavit on the restricted level raised within the matter.
In January this yr, the apex courtroom, by a 2:1 majority, granted the setting clearance and the notification of change in land use for the development of the brand new Parliament constructing below the undertaking was legitimate.
The apex courtroom’s determination got here on a number of petitions in opposition to numerous permissions granted to the undertaking by the authorities, together with setting clearance and alter in land use.
The prime courtroom had in June this yr dismissed a separate petition difficult the order of the Delhi High Court, which had sought to cease the Central Vista building work in view of the COVID pandemic.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
