Key-Points<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThere is \u201cno occasion\u201d for the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) to audit a public charitable trust independent of budgetary support or government money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The court said that it is \u201cnot open\u201d for a PIL petitioner to question the \u201cwisdom\u201d that created the fund in an hour of need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation, represented by advocate Prashant Bhushan, had argued that the PM-CARES Fund was not subject to CAG audit. It was not under \u201cpublic scrutiny\u201d. Contributions to it were \u201c100% tax-free\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The court dismissed the idea that the PM CARES was constituted to \u201ccircumvent\u201d the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) \u2014 the statutory fund already in existence under the Disaster Management Act of 2005 to receive contributions to finance the fight against a calamity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The court refused to direct the transfer of funds from the PM CARES Fund to the NDRF. It said they were two separate entities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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