In a major setback to Aam Aadmi Party administration in Delhi, the Supreme Court today ruled that the centre controls the anti-corruption bureau and not the Delhi government. The top court has given its verdict on on petitions seeking clarity the powers of the Delhi government and the Lieutenant Governor. The two judges are divided over transfers, said Justice AK Sikri.
Lawyers representing the Aam Aadmi Party administration had told the court that ambiguities remained in dealing with administrative matters of the national capital in spite of the previous judgment delivered by a five-judge constitution bench headed by then Chief Justice Dipak Misra.
On November 1, a bench of Justices AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan had concluded hearing petitions challenging notifications issued by the Arvind Kejriwal government in the wake of the top court verdict.
Today's judgment is expected to put to rest a long-raging battle over jurisdiction between Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the centre-appointed Lieutenant Governor.
Here are the Highlights on Supreme Court's order on Delhi-Centre power tussle:
S Patra on Delhi CM's press conference on SC's verdict on Delhi govt vs LG matter: We can't believe a democratically elected CM can use this type of language for Supreme Court. He has always been an anarchist; tampering with rules while putting constitution at stake is his method pic.twitter.com/l7FO2ixZye
- ANI (@ANI) February 14, 2019
I appeal to Sheila Dikshit not to make such comments. We don't even have 10% of the power that her government had. Didn't she have the power to transfer officers? Didn't she have ACB? Still, we have done more work than her: Arvind Kejriwal
तारीख पर तारीख...#DelhiVsCenter #Services pic.twitter.com/9ol2II7AA5
- AAP (@AamAadmiParty) February 14, 2019
#Delhi #SupremeCourt pic.twitter.com/x2OmIh17Jm
- NDTV (@ndtv) February 14, 2019
