“However, since the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) came to power, the BJP-led Central Government is making every effort to destabilise and defame it”.
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It rejected Delhi government’s contention that the special constitutional provision Article 239AA dealing with the Capital does not “dilute” the effect of Article 239 which relates to a Union Territory and hence.
He said that there was no aggression on his part and he did not try to interfere in the functioning of an elected government but as Delhi is a Union territory, they (AAP) will have to seek the LG’s nod as per the Constitution.
Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain today said that Delhi Government will move the Supreme Court against the High Court verdict.
“The decision reflects that law of land is supreme and clears all misconceptions of Delhi government about the constitutional authority of the LG”, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu told reporters.
As of now the primary argument is that having a Legislative Assembly allows for better representation of the potpourri of residents in Delhi from the length and breadth of India.
On the slug-fest between his office and AAP government, the LG said, “My office has never used abusive language against anybody”. “What is the point in duplicating the proceedings”, a bench of Justices AK Sikri and NV Ramana said.
The Attorney General also said that the Delhi Government can’t claim two remedies at a time.
Arvind Kejriwal is, by far, one of the most trolled politicians in the country after Rahul Gandhi.
“L-G is not bound to act as per advise of Delhi Cabinet.AAP Government’s contention that L-G is bound to act on advice of Council of Ministers is without any substance and can not be accepted”, the court said.
The AAP government on May 28 a year ago had moved the high court, a day after the Centre had approached the Supreme Court challenging an order of the high court which had termed as “suspect” the Union Home Ministry’s notification barring the city government’s ACB from acting against its officers in criminal offences. “We respectfully disagree with the high court verdict”, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said.
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“Thus, it is evident that the jurisdiction of ACB is limited to curbing corruption in various departments of the Delhi Administration as well as other statutory bodies over which the Lt. Governor exercises control”. He also reasoned that the fight was not between Kejriwal and Jung, but between an elected government and a selected government. Jung had then responded to Kejriwal’s letter saying, “I feel sorry for his paranoia”.
