Supreme Court extends deadline given to AAP to vacate Rouse Avenue office
The Hindu
The Supreme Court extended till August 10 the deadline given to the Aam Aadmi Party to vacate its office at Rouse Avenue in New Delhi
The Supreme Court on June 10 extended till August 10 the deadline given to the Aam Aadmi Party to vacate its office at Rouse Avenue in the national capital here.
The top court had on March 4 directed the party to vacate its office by June 15 after noting that the plot was allotted to the Delhi High Court for expanding judicial infrastructure.
A vacation bench comprising justices Vikran Nath and Sandeep Mehta took note of the submissions of senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for the AAP and others, and extended the deadline till August 10.
The bench said the AAP will have to hand over the possession of the building at 206, Rouse Avenue here on or before August 10.
The premises were allotted to the Delhi High Court earlier for creating infrastructure for the district judiciary in the national capital.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists