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Supreme Court (File) Supreme Court (File)“The National Capital Territory (NCT) belongs not just to Delhi but to the entire nation and therefore it will not be undemocratic to say that the Union has pervasive power in matters of its administration”, the Centre told the Supreme Court Wednesday. The ASG, appearing for the Centre, was replying to the AAP government’s challenge to the Delhi High Court verdict confirming the Lieutenant Governor as the administrative head of Delhi. During the hearing, the bench also expressed its displeasure over lawyers appearing for the Delhi government speaking in different voices. Dhavan and Jaisingh had both appeared for the Delhi government besides Gopal Subramanium, P Chidambaram and Shekhar Naphade. Resuming his arguments for the second day, Singh asserted that the “Union government is also an elected government”..