This story is from December 14, 2021

'Important issue': Court seeks govt reply on PM Cares

'Important issue': Court seeks govt reply on PM Cares
Mumbai: Bombay high court on Monday asked the Central government to file its reply to a public interest litigation seeking directions for PM Narendra Modi to forthwith take steps to remove the words 'Prime Minister' and his picture from the PM Cares Fund website and its trust deed. "This is also an important issue," said a bench hearing the matter, reports Rosy Sequeira.
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The PIL also seeks removal of the national emblem and flag from the website.
When the PIL came up for hearing before a bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Makarand Karnik, additional solicitor general Anil Singh sought time to file the Centre's reply and asked that the matter be heard after Christmas vacations. The judges noted that the Centre has not replied to the petition since the last hearing. The CJ said, "You (Centre) have not filed your affidavit (in reply). File your affidavit." On October 12, Singh had sought time to take instructions. The judges directed the reply to be filed on December 23 and posted the hearing for January 3 after the court reopens.
The PIL was filed by a Congress member Vikrant Chavan. Modi is a respondent as he is chairman of the Fund and settlor of the deed.
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