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AAP MP Raghav Chadha writes to Rajya Sabha chairman to oppose Bill replacing Delhi ordinance"Today, I have written a letter to the Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar opposing the introduction of the Bill replacing the Delhi Ordi...
Row over services: Will examine if Parliament can abrogate constitutional principles of governance for Delhi, says SCThe Supreme Court has referred the Delhi government's plea, which challenges the Centre's ordinance, regarding the Delhi Services issue to ...
LG can effectively destabilise MCD by nominating members: Supreme CourtThe Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, voiced concern over the power given to the Lieutenant Governor (LG) in Delhi to nominate alderm...
View: The trust the Constitution places on elected governments to work together to serve the people lies brokenDespite both sides being admonished by the Supreme Court for their mutual hostility, two weeks later, he asserted that the Delhi government...
PIL to strike down GNCTD Amendment Act: Delhi HC seeks Centre's standA bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh issued notice to the ministries of Law and Home Affairs seeking their stand on...
Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking full statehood for Delhi"It (petition) is infructuous," the bench said while dismissing the plea.
Who calls the shots in Delhi? SC to decide long-running tussle between Arvind Kejriwal and CentreAAP has sought interpretation of Article 239AA of the Constitution, which according to the Centre created a state in Delhi but gave a major...
Puducherry, Delhi though UTs have different rules: V NarayanasamyThe CM said Puducherry was governed by the Union Territories Act and Articles 239, 239A and 240 applied to it while the Government of NCT o...
SC reserves judgement on pleas on Delhi-Centre power disputeSubramanium, however, said that certain powers are "co- extensive" and the rule of Delhi has to be conducted in the name of the President t...
Supreme Court says power with LG, but may bring riderThe apex court said that Article 239AA of Constitution is unique with respect to Delhi and prima facie it appears that the LG is given more...
SC may set up constitution bench to hear AAP government's pleas soonAAP has challenged the Delhi High Court verdict that the LG is the administrative head of the capital.
SC refers to Constitution Bench Delhi-Centre row over governanceSC said that important questions of law and the Constitution are involved in the matter and it should be adjudicated upon by a Constitution...
Review all orders I didn’t clear or face the music: LG Najeeb JungThe order issued by LG's secretary Vijay Kumar warns that all orders issued without the prior permission of LG suffer from "legal infirmiti...
Delhi government withdraws plea from Supreme CourtEarlier, the High Court had refused to set up a larger bench to decide the contentious issue with regard to the powers of the LG and the ci...
Delhi's governance issue be referred to larger bench: AAP government to HCArguments in the matter remained inconclusive and are expected to continue tomorrow.
Lieutenant Governor has statutory power to disagree with govt: Centre to Delhi High CourtThe Centre today told the Delhi High Court that the LG has the statutory power to disagree with the city government and when a decision is ...
'Lt Governor' replaced with 'Government of NCT of Delhi' in new actChief Minister Arvind Kejriwal described the passage of the Bill as a "huge victory" in the fight against corruption.
Centre-Arvind Kejriwal row: AAP attacks centre for giving L-G Najeeb Jung upper hand to appoint bureaucratsChief Minister Arvind Kejriwal termed the issue as a "betrayal" of the people of Delhi by the BJP-led central government on the latter’s fi...
PIL on Delhi statehood: High Court seeks copy of plea filed in Supreme CourtDelhi High Court asked its Registrar to procure and file the copy of a petition seeking complete statehood for Delhi and Puducherry, which ...
High Court asks Centre to apprise about case on Delhi statehoodThe PIL, besides seeking quashing of Article 239 AA and 239 AB of the Constitution, also seeks complete statehood for the National Capital ...