New Delhi, December 01: The Supreme Court today declined to grant any relief to UP Chief Minister Mayawati for carrying out maintenance and cleaning work at the Rs 2600 crore Ambedkar site in Lucknow.
Justice H S Bedi, who was heading the Bench, also at one stage threatened to recuse from the matter after senior counsel Abhishek Manu Singhvi pleaded that the matter be heard by a three-judge bench that included Justice Aftab Alam.
The Bench also comprising Justice P S Thakur said the UP government’s plea for carrying out maintenance and cleaning work at the site to mark Ambedkar’s anniversary on December six cannot be entertained as the petitioner Mithilesh Kumar Singh has not filed his response.
The apex court said that since the matter is being posted for hearing to January 20, the UP government’s plea cannot be entertained at this stage and hence, has become infructuous.
–PTI