Supreme Court seeks LG’s stand on row with Delhi govt over Farishtey scheme
Published by Hindustan Times
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena to make his stand clear on the stoppage of funds for the Delhi government’s Farishtey scheme promising free medical treatment for road accident victims and said that if it is found that the Delhi government took the Court for a ride, exemplary cost will be imposed.
The Court was hearing a petition filed by Delhi government against the L-G alleging that due to stoppage of funds for the scheme for the past one year, unpaid dues of ₹7.17 crore payable to private hospitals had mounted. On December 8, the top court had issued notice on the petition and sought response from L-G after being told that the Farishtey scheme launched in 2018 that had benefitted approximately 23,000 road accident victims required to be reoperationalised.
The bench of justices BR Gavai and Sandeep Mehta asked L-G to file an affidavit in two weeks after senior advocate Sanjay Jain representing L-G submitted that the office of L-G was not involved in the matter.