A request was made to the Delhi High Court on Monday to give an early hearing to a PIL seeking a stay on the construction of the Central Vista here amid the raging Covid pandemic.
The request was mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh by senior advocate Sidharth Luthra, and the court said an early hearing application be filed first.
Luthra told the bench that he was mentioning the matter as the Supreme Court on May 7 asked the petitioners to seek urgent hearing before the High Court on May 10.
Petitioners — Anya Malhotra, who works as a translator, and Sohail Hashmi, a historian and documentary filmmaker — had moved the apex court against the HC’s May 4 order adjourning their plea to May 17.
The HC had adjourned the matter saying it first wants to study the SC’s January 5 judgement giving a go ahead to the Central Vista project.