03 June, 2021

Central Vista Project: Delhi High Court’s decision to give green signal to the construction is challenged in the Supreme Court

The Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed before the Supreme Court has said that it is not appropriate for the High Court to describe the Central Vista redevelopment project as an ‘essential activity’ at the peak of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. That too especially when essential works are on hold during the lockdown period across the country.

The matter of Central Vista has once again reached the Supreme Court. The Delhi High Court’s decision refusing to stop the Central Vista redevelopment activities has been challenged in the Supreme Court. This appeal has been filed by advocate Pradeep Kumar Yadav. Interestingly, Yadav was not a party to the proceedings in the Delhi High Court.

It has also been said in the petition that the High Court was also not proper to say that the workers of the Central Vista project are living at the project site, while the government and the SPCPL (the company that built the project) clearly stated in their affidavits that the workers were living in the camp of Sarai Kale Khan, which is not the project site.

Movement pass was issued to bring and take laborers and supervisors from Sarai Kale Khan. On March 20 last year, the Center had issued a notification regarding change in land use for the Rs 20,000 crore project, which pertains to 86 acres of land in central Delhi which includes buildings like Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House, Central Secretariat.

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