Policy On Ration For Poor: Delhi High Court Seeks Expeditious Finalizing Of Policy By Delhi Govt
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Hearing a plea seeking general and specific directions for the providing of ration through the lockdown to poor families not having Ration Cards, the Delhi High Court today remarked that it hopes the Delhi government would expeditiously finalise its policy for providing ration to poor people.The court has issued notice and sought reply of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and the Delhi...
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Hearing a plea seeking general and specific directions for the providing of ration through the lockdown to poor families not having Ration Cards, the Delhi High Court today remarked that it hopes the Delhi government would expeditiously finalise its policy for providing ration to poor people.
The court has issued notice and sought reply of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and the Delhi government and posted the matter for further hearing in July.
Filed by Adv. Abhishek Anand, the plea also seeks monetary relief for the petitioners and others like them to enable the purchase of LPG cylinders to cook food or to provide them with LPG cylinders during the lockdown period.
Making special observations with respect to destitute women and children, the court said, "It is hoped that the respondent (Delhi government) will take expeditious steps to finalise the policy, so that people like the petitioners here, including helpless women and disabled children, do not starve for want of food."
The court was hearing a plea moved on behalf of 7 families who although didn't have any ration cards, had lost earning members to Covid-19 or lost jobs due to the pandemic and had no other source of livelihood.
Inter alia, the petition seeks directions for tenants to not be forcefully charged rent during the prevailing pandemic from poor families and in the alternative, for the Delhi government to provide financial assistance for payment of the rent.