The bench said that voluntary contribution can always be made to the NDRF as there is no statutory bar under the Disaster Management Act
Current Affairs : The Supreme Court on Tuesday would not immediate the Center to move the commitments made to the PM CARES Fund for doing combating the Covid-19 pandemic to the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF).
A seat headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said that intentional commitment can generally be made to the NDRF as there is no legal bar under the Disaster Management Act.
The judgment went ahead a PIL, documented by NGO ‘Community for Public Interest Litigation, looking for a course that all the cash gathered under the PM CARES Fund for the Covid-19 pandemic ought to be moved to the NDRF.
The PIL had additionally looked for a course to the legislature to get ready, tell and execute a national arrangement under the Disaster Management Act to manage the Covid-19 pandemic.
The seat, additionally including judges R S Reddy and M R Shah, said in its decision that an arrangement arranged by the legislature under the Disaster Management Act was adequate for Covid-19 too.
The Center had on March 28 set up the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) Fund with the essential goal to manage any sort of crisis circumstance like the one at present presented by the Covid-19 episode and give help to those influenced.
The head administrator is the ex-officio executive of the store and the priests of barrier, home and money are its ex-officio trustees.
Aditi Mehta 