No Delhi govt vs L-G anymore? Delhi’s new BJP govt set to review AAP’s litigations against Centre
However, with the Bharatiya Janata Party returning to power in Delhi after 27 years, these legal disputes look set to be put to rest.“It (AAP) did a few things only for politics, so those will, of course, undergo review on a case-to-case basis, and the cases will reach their natural destiny,” a highly placed source in the newly formed government told ThePrint. The legal tiff between the Delhi government and the Centre began early into the AAP’s first term in the national capital.
Questions over the administrative powers of the L-G in light of the special status of Delhi as a Union Territory under the Constitution reached the Delhi High Court through a batch of petitions in 2015. These included petitions filed by the Delhi government and the Centre. The matter reached the Supreme Court, and...