Central Vista under essential category, work to go on: High Court

Minister says false narrative being spread on the project

Hours after the Delhi High Court allowed the construction work of the Central Vista project to continue, saying it was a “vital and essential” national project, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday said a false narrative was being created over the redevelopment plan.
 
A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh dismissed a plea seeking to halt the project during the coronavirus pandemic, saying the petition was “motivated” and “not a genuine PIL”. It imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on the petitioners.
 
Lashing out at those opposing the project, the minister