
Supreme Court query on post-retirement residences to President, Vice President and Prime Minister: Even US President does not have any such facility
It refers to Supreme Court asking law-officers of central government on 17.01.2018 to submit views on President, Vice President and Prime Minister being allotted government-accommodations after their retirement after the amicus curiae Gopal Subramanium suggested that not only former Chief ministers in states but even President, Vice President and Prime Minister should not be allowed with such a privilege.
It is indeed regretting that Lok Prahari had to file Public Interest Litigation (PIL) because the then Akhilesh Yadav led UP government legislated for post-retirement government-residences for all former Chief Ministers in the state to counter Supreme Court verdict against such practice. Some Chief Ministers got constructed palatial bungalows at government-expense for their post-r...