Delhi HC Stays Order Enforcing Kejriwal's Lockdown Promise for Rent Payment

Kejriwal, in the first COVID-induced lockdown, had promised that the state would pay the rents of poor tenants.

The Delhi High Court, on Monday, 27 September, temporarily stayed an order that enforces a promise for rent payment of poor tenants by the Delhi government – as had been made by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in March 2020, during the first COVID-19-induced lockdown.

On 22 July, the Delhi High Court had directed Kejriwal to abide by his promise. The single-judge bench of Justice Prathiba Singh had noted that assurance given by Kejriwal is enforceable, both under the legal doctrines of promissory estoppel and legitimate expectations.