Delhi Government Alleges Centre Defying Order Over Services, Approaches Supreme Court

In a unanimous verdict, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Delhi government has legislative and executive powers over services.

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Updated on: 12 May 2023 6:46 am

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

After yesterday's?unamimous verdict by a constitution bench of the Supreme Court announcing the validity of the Delhi government's?legislative and executive powers over services, the AAP-led Delhi Government today?approached the apex court alleging that the Centre is defying the order.

Following the top court verdict, CM Kejriwal will go to the Delhi Secretariat for the first time in many months and hold a meeting with his cabinet, officials said.?

Following the Supreme Court's verdict on the Centre-Delhi services on Thursday, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) hailed the decision with party chief Arvind Kejriwal terming the verdict a "victory of democracy".

Welcoming the verdict, the AAP said in a tweet in Hindi, "The elected government will have the power of transfer-posting of officers. Officers will work only through the elected government."

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The Lt Governor will have no power over the officers to stop the work of the people of Delhi, the party said.Kejriwal expressed his "hearfelt thanks" to the Supreme Court for "doing justice to the people of Delhi" and said the pace of development will increase manifold.?

Hearing the Centre versus the Delhi government case over the demarcation of power, a constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said an elected government needs to have control over the administration.

It refused to agree with Justice Ashok Bhushan's 2019 judgment that the city government has no power over the issue of services.

The constitution bench was set up to hear the legal issue concerning the scope of legislative and executive powers of the Centre and the National Capital Territory government over control of services in Delhi.

(With PTI Inputs)