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[BREAKING] Promise given by Chief Minister in press conference enforceable: Delhi High Court orders Kejriwal govt to pay rents for poor tenants

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The Court ordered the Delhi government to take steps to frame a policy to carry out the assurance given by the CM and to give reasons if they decide not to implement the CM's proposal.

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"Once the CM had made a solemn assurance, there was a duty cast on the GNCTD to take a stand as to whether to enforce the said promise or not, and if so on what grounds or on the basis of what reasons," the judgment said.

A statement given in a consciously held press conference, in the background of the lockdown announced due to the pandemic and the mass exodus of migrant labourers, cannot be simply overlooked, the Court further said.

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The Delhi govt was, therefore, directed to take a decision within 6 weeks regarding whether they would be implementing the policy or not.

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