NEW DELHI:- The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, a trust closely associated with the Gandhi family, and the central government over a petition alleging that over Rs 100 crore of trust money were embezzled.
A division bench of Justices T S Thakur and Aruna Suresh asked the Centre, the IGNCA and one of its officials, Kapila Vatsayan, to respond by April 29. The bench was hearing a public interest litigation filed by DP Sinha alleging that according to the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) report the trust and its members siphoned over Rs 100 crore of its fund, meant for constructing IGNCA’s office in the capital. The IGNCA occupies prime real estate in the heart of the Capital.
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A division bench of Justices T S Thakur and Aruna Suresh asked the Centre, the IGNCA and one of its officials, Kapila Vatsayan, to respond by April 29. The bench was hearing a public interest litigation filed by DP Sinha alleging that according to the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) report the trust and its members siphoned over Rs 100 crore of its fund, meant for constructing IGNCA’s office in the capital. The IGNCA occupies prime real estate in the heart of the Capital.
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