Delhi Police Vs Delhi Government

The Centre has moved the Supreme Court seeking review of its May 11 verdict which held that the Delhi government has legislative and executive powers over the administration of services except for public order, police and land.

In a major win for the AAP government, the Supreme Court today in a unanimous verdict ruled that the Delhi government has legislative and executive powers over services except for public order, police and land.

Wrestlers Protest: Top wrestlers, who are on protest against the federation chief over sexual harassment charges, on Saturday questioned the government inquiry, saying details of the probe, including the name of an underage accuser, have been leaked.

The BJP on Sunday rejected the Congress' vendetta charge against the government, saying the Delhi Police was only discharging its lawful duty by seeking to meet Rahul Gandhi.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court in a midnight hearing directed the Punjab government to not take any coercive action against Tajinder Bagga until the next hearing on May 10

The level of central political intervention in Delhi to shape the judicial process in the communal violence cases is being stepped up. The Lieutenant Governor's swift cancellation of the Delhi government's order regarding the panel of prosecution lawyers on behalf of the Delhi Police is one such step.

Union Minister Arun Jaitley today said that the Supreme Court verdict has made it clear that the Delhi government has no police powers and, hence, it cannot set up an investigating agency to probe crimes committed in the past.

Celebrations broke out at Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party office in Delhi after the Supreme Court ruled that the elected AAP government, and not the Lieutenant Governor, wields the "real power" in the national capital. But the centre's senior law officer thinks that the AAP government might be jumping the gun.

The Supreme Court today ruled that Arvind Kejriwal-led government is the final authority in Delhi, ruling that the Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has no independent power to take decisions and is bound by the elected government's advice. The top court today said that the elected government is the boss of Delhi and warned that the Lieutenant Govern...

Chief Minister Arvind Kerjiwal today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung and provoking bureaucrats against the AAP government. He further alleged that the CBI and police are being used to threaten IAS officers.

The demolition of hundreds of homes in a slum cluster in west Delhi in which a six-month-old baby allegedly died, touched off a political storm on Monday with Delhi's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) targeting the Centre and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacking them both.

Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which has repeatedly demanded the control of the city's police, may take them to court over the death of a man moments after a run-in with the cops.

The Delhi government has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the death of a 34-year-old man who tried to intervene in a road-side fight between a couple and the police at northeast Delhi's Nand Nagri area. The man's wife has alleged that her husband's death was because of police torture.

The Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi has decided to withdraw an aggressive ad campaign from hoardings and on air, in "a mark of respect," it said, for former president APJ Abdul Kalam, who died on Monday.

In a direct attack on the Centre, the AAP-led Delhi government has put up posters across the national capital requesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow the city dispensation to work.

The Centre has moved the Supreme Court seeking review of its May 11 verdict which held that the Delhi government has legislative and executive powers over the administration of services except for public order, police and land.

In a major win for the AAP government, the Supreme Court today in a unanimous verdict ruled that the Delhi government has legislative and executive powers over services except for public order, police and land.

Wrestlers Protest: Top wrestlers, who are on protest against the federation chief over sexual harassment charges, on Saturday questioned the government inquiry, saying details of the probe, including the name of an underage accuser, have been leaked.

The BJP on Sunday rejected the Congress' vendetta charge against the government, saying the Delhi Police was only discharging its lawful duty by seeking to meet Rahul Gandhi.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court in a midnight hearing directed the Punjab government to not take any coercive action against Tajinder Bagga until the next hearing on May 10

The level of central political intervention in Delhi to shape the judicial process in the communal violence cases is being stepped up. The Lieutenant Governor's swift cancellation of the Delhi government's order regarding the panel of prosecution lawyers on behalf of the Delhi Police is one such step.

Union Minister Arun Jaitley today said that the Supreme Court verdict has made it clear that the Delhi government has no police powers and, hence, it cannot set up an investigating agency to probe crimes committed in the past.

Celebrations broke out at Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party office in Delhi after the Supreme Court ruled that the elected AAP government, and not the Lieutenant Governor, wields the "real power" in the national capital. But the centre's senior law officer thinks that the AAP government might be jumping the gun.

The Supreme Court today ruled that Arvind Kejriwal-led government is the final authority in Delhi, ruling that the Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has no independent power to take decisions and is bound by the elected government's advice. The top court today said that the elected government is the boss of Delhi and warned that the Lieutenant Govern...

Chief Minister Arvind Kerjiwal today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung and provoking bureaucrats against the AAP government. He further alleged that the CBI and police are being used to threaten IAS officers.

The demolition of hundreds of homes in a slum cluster in west Delhi in which a six-month-old baby allegedly died, touched off a political storm on Monday with Delhi's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) targeting the Centre and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacking them both.

Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which has repeatedly demanded the control of the city's police, may take them to court over the death of a man moments after a run-in with the cops.

The Delhi government has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the death of a 34-year-old man who tried to intervene in a road-side fight between a couple and the police at northeast Delhi's Nand Nagri area. The man's wife has alleged that her husband's death was because of police torture.

The Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi has decided to withdraw an aggressive ad campaign from hoardings and on air, in "a mark of respect," it said, for former president APJ Abdul Kalam, who died on Monday.

In a direct attack on the Centre, the AAP-led Delhi government has put up posters across the national capital requesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow the city dispensation to work.