The Supreme Court on Thursday granted former Union Minister Sharad Yadav time till May 31, 2022, to vacate the official bungalow allotted to him as a Member of Parliament on humanitarian ground.
The top court asked Mr. Yadav to furnish an undertaking within a week to the effect that he will vacate the bungalow by then. In the event of failure to submit the undertaking within a week, Yadav will have to vacate the premises immediately in compliance of an order of the Delhi High Court.
A bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud, Sanjiv Khanna and Surya Kant said, “Having heard the counsel, we are of the view that end of justice would be met purely on humanitarian ground, if time to vacate the premises is granted to the petitioner under May 31, 2022 subject to his filing an undertaking that he shall vacate on or before the said date”. It said, “The undertaking shall be filed within a period of one week from today failing which the petitioner shall lose the benefit of this order and would be liable to vacate immediately as per the order of the High Court”.
