AAP vs L-G power tussle LIVE: SC bench split on whether Delhi govt has powers over services

Delhi | Thursday | 14th February, 2019

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AAP vs L-G LIVE UPDATES: The Supreme Court Thursday delivered a split judgment on the tussle between the Lieutenant Governor and the Delhi government on issues such as the power to regulate services in the capital. Watch: What the Supreme Court had said in July last year The apex court had ruled that the Lieutenant Governor (L-G) has no “independent decision-making power” and that he has to take decisions on the advice of the Cabinet. In July 2018, a five-judge Constitution bench of the court had laid down broad parameters for governing the national capital, which has witnessed a battle for turf between the Centre and the Arvind Kejriwal government. A two-judge bench of Justices Sikri and Ashok Bhushan had on November 1, 2018, concluded hearing a clutch of petitions in the case and reserved its verdict..