The Supreme Court on September 27 ordered a common compilation of submissions be filed by both the parties in a petition by Delhi government challenging the Central government's law establishing pre-eminence of the Lieutenant Governor over the elected Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) dispensation in controlling services in the national capital.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice D. Y. Chandrachud and justices J. B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was urged by senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for the Delhi government, that the matter be listed before a five-judge Constitution Bench for urgent hearing. “I can't express the agony of the (Delhi) administration,” the senior lawyer said.
