New Delhi: In a robust oral remark, the Supreme Court on Friday said BSP chief Mayawati must deposit public cash used for erecting statues of herself and elephants, the celebration's symbol, at public places in Uttar Pradesh to the state exchequer.
The remarks had been made via the apex court docket which used to be hearing a petition filed in 2009 via an recommend who had alleged that about Rs 2,000 crore used to be used from the state funds for 2008-09 and 2009-10, when Mayawati used to be the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, for stalling her statues and BSP's symbol at different places.
It used to be contended that public cash cannot be utilised for creating personal statues and for propagating the political celebration.
On May 29, 2009, the court docket had issued display cause notice to the Uttar Pradesh executive and Mayawati for using the public cash for installing her statues and celebration's symbol at parks in Lucknow and Noida, adjacent to the nationwide capital.
When the topic came up for hearing on Friday, a bench headed via Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said: “Ms Mayawati, pay all of the a refund. We are of the view that Mayawati must reimburse all of the cash she spent.”
The bench, additionally comprising justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjeev Khanna said: “We are of the tentative view that Mayawati has to deposit the public cash spent on her statues and celebration symbol to the state exchequer.”
The bench made it transparent that a tentative view used to be expressed via it because the topic would take some time for hearing. "We will have it for final disposal on April 2."
Senior recommend S C Mishra, appearing for Mayawati and the BSP, requested the bench to listen to the topic in May. However, the bench informed Mishra, who is also the celebration's Rajya Sabha MP, that it used to be fixing a date of April 2 as it will require element attention.
During the pendency of the PIL, the apex court docket on February 22, 2010, had asked the Election Commission to inspect the plea for elimination of set up of those symbols from public places during the 2012 meeting polls. EC on January 7, 2012 had ordered that statues of Mayawati and elephants be lined during the state Assembly election.
The poll panel had said the measure used to be excited about the concept that nobody must get political mileage. PTI
The remarks had been made via the apex court docket which used to be hearing a petition filed in 2009 via an recommend who had alleged that about Rs 2,000 crore used to be used from the state funds for 2008-09 and 2009-10, when Mayawati used to be the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, for stalling her statues and BSP's symbol at different places.
It used to be contended that public cash cannot be utilised for creating personal statues and for propagating the political celebration.
On May 29, 2009, the court docket had issued display cause notice to the Uttar Pradesh executive and Mayawati for using the public cash for installing her statues and celebration's symbol at parks in Lucknow and Noida, adjacent to the nationwide capital.
When the topic came up for hearing on Friday, a bench headed via Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said: “Ms Mayawati, pay all of the a refund. We are of the view that Mayawati must reimburse all of the cash she spent.”
The bench, additionally comprising justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjeev Khanna said: “We are of the tentative view that Mayawati has to deposit the public cash spent on her statues and celebration symbol to the state exchequer.”
The bench made it transparent that a tentative view used to be expressed via it because the topic would take some time for hearing. "We will have it for final disposal on April 2."
Senior recommend S C Mishra, appearing for Mayawati and the BSP, requested the bench to listen to the topic in May. However, the bench informed Mishra, who is also the celebration's Rajya Sabha MP, that it used to be fixing a date of April 2 as it will require element attention.
During the pendency of the PIL, the apex court docket on February 22, 2010, had asked the Election Commission to inspect the plea for elimination of set up of those symbols from public places during the 2012 meeting polls. EC on January 7, 2012 had ordered that statues of Mayawati and elephants be lined during the state Assembly election.
The poll panel had said the measure used to be excited about the concept that nobody must get political mileage. PTI
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