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PM Cares Fund Challenged, SC Dismisses
New Delhi, March 25: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition challenging the validity of the ‘PM Cares Fund’. Justice L Nageswara Rao and Justice B R Gawai’s Bench dismissed a petition challenging the decision of the Allahabad High Court. They told the petitioner’s counsel Devdutt Kamat that he can file a review petition in the High Court.
During the hearing, Kamat told the Bench that the High Court did not consider all the issues raised in the PIL. The Bench said: “Perhaps you are right that all the issues were not considered… You can file a review petition in this matter.” The PIL, filed in the Allahabad High Court, alleged that there was massive siphoning of funds from various Ministries and other government agencies. UNI