The Delhi High Court was today informed by the city government that it renewed luxury hotel Hyatt Regency's lodging licence as it had "fulfilled" the mandatory requirements of having a health trade licence (HTL) as well as a no-objection certificate from the Fire department.
The submission came in the wake of a notice issued by Delhi police on September 12 to Hyatt asking it to show cause why its lodging licence will not be revoked for alleged violations reported by DCP of South district.
The show cause notice issued by Delhi police as well as Delhi government's affidavit containing its submissions were placed before Justice Vibhu Bakhru who listed the matter for final disposal on October 27.
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The court was hearing a plea filed by the sister of young man, Gaurav Rishi who had suffered serious injuries on the night of October 16, 2013 when he fell from the hotel's sixth floor to the fourth floor and was in a coma for several months.
Delhi government, in its affidavit filed through its standing counsel Zubeda Begum and advocate Sana Ansari, has said Hyatt had on June 2, 2014 submitted the municipal body's HTL and the no-Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Fire department for renewal of its lodging licence, required under the law for running a place of public entertainment.
It has said Hyatt's HTL was valid upto March 31, 2015 and its NOC from the Fire department till March 12, 2017 and since it had complied with these two mandatory requirements, the hotel's lodging licence was renewed on June 19, 2014 for the period from April 2014 to March 2015.
Delhi police on the other hand had in its show cause notice of September 12 sought a reply from Hyatt within 15 days i.E by September 27, on why its lodging licence will not be revoked for "violations" reported by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) South District.
