New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to respond over a petition pertaining to construction of new parliament and secretariat within 10 days. In the meanwhile, the apex court has decided to hear the petitioners' concern.
The apex court bench led by Justice AM Khanwilkar was hearing a plea filed by Rajiv Suri, which sought the land use for the central vista project, under which new buildings have to be constructed, to be examined first, and other issues raised by the petitioner.
In an earlier hearing, the court had said that it will examine the land use, municipal laws, environment clearances and other related issues. In case, the land use is found to be not in order, the project will be stopped and the other issues will not have to be examined.
Today, Rajiv Suri submitted before the apex court that DDA did not have the power to bring any change in the land use.
Explaining the legal aspect of the Centre's notification, Suri submitted that the buildings under the Central Vista project i.e parliament and secretariat are all heritage buildings.