Supreme Court Stays Kerala High Court Order Quashing Nava Kerala Citizen Response Programme

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday stayed a February 17 judgment of the Kerala High Court that had quashed the LDF government’s Nava Kerala Citizen Response Programme and its authorisation of ₹20 crore for the initiative. 

The High Court had held the funding and implementation violated the Rules of Business and amounted to a “colourable exercise of executive power,” noting the timing close to assembly elections and alleged political use of public funds.

The Supreme Court’s interim order directs the State to file a report on expenditure at an appropriate stage, keeping the scheme alive while the appeal proceeds.

[State of Kerala v. Mubas]