Petition filed in SC to convert religious and charitable sites into Covid Care Center.
Amid the Corona crisis in the country, there has been a demand before the Supreme Court to convert religious and charitable sites into Covid centers.
The petition filed in the court said that those people whose property is in the name of religious and charitable places and they are given the benefit of income tax exemption, they should convert that place into a Covid Care Center during this crisis.
This petition has been filed on behalf of the President of the Taxpayers Association of India. The petition has appealed to the Supreme Court to give directions in this direction. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Chandrachud was scheduled to hear the petition on Monday, but could not be heard due to a technical flaw in the court’s server.
Advocate Piyush Hans has sought directions for religious and charitable places in the petition. The petition states that those who have their own property such as Ashrams, Madrasas, Gurudwaras, Churches etc. are the beneficiaries of u /s 12 A and 80G of the Income Tax Act, their property should be converted into a Covid Care Center.
Simultaneously, the petitioner has demanded that future transactions at such sites be stopped with immediate effect and their funds should be used for the benefit of COVID patients.
