It’s likely to clearly define their powers on the lines of Supreme Court order of February 2019
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is all set to introduce a legislation in the budget session of Parliament to amend a 1991 Act pertaining to the powers and functions of the Delhi government and the Lieutenant Governor (LG).
The proposed legislation received the Union Cabinet’s approval on Wednesday.
The Bill is likely to clearly define the powers of the LG and the Delhi government on the lines of the Supreme Court judgment of February 2019. It is likely to give more teeth to the LG’s office.
A Supreme Court Bench of Justices A.K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan had, other than the question of services, given a unanimous verdict on the role of the two authorities. The services plea has been referred to a larger bench of the court and the hearing is yet to conclude.
In the February 14, 2019 verdict, the court upheld as “legal” the MHA’s May 21 and July 23, 2015 notifications…