A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad directed the Central government to file a ‘detailed and exhaustive’ reply to the public interest litigation (PIL) petition.
The bench noted that even though the PIL petition had been filed last year and the final arguments have begun, only a one-page reply has been filed in response to the plea, that too, by the PM Cares Fund.
The Court said that there was not a whisper in the affidavit about the arguments raised by Senior Advocate Shyam Divan and issue is not simple.
“Only one page reply to such an important issue? There is just one page reply of one Mr Pradeep Kumar, nothing beyond that? Such an important issue and only one page reply is there. There is not a whisper about what the learned senior counsel on the other side is arguing. The issue is not that simple. We need a proper reply,” Chief Justice Sharma remarked.
Source: Barandbench
