Political promises are just that: Delhi HC says ‘Arvind Kejriwal’s 2020 rent relief promise can’t be legally enforced’

The case stems from remarks made by Kejriwal during the early days of the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020. He had urged landlords to defer rent collection from poor tenants and said the then AAP-led government would step in to pay rent for those unable to do so.