The Supreme Court on July 11 stayed a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order of January 9 appointing the Lieutenant Governor as the chairperson of a High Level Committee to combat unabated pollution in river Yamuna.
A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud made it clear that its stay was applicable only to the extent of the appointment of the Lieutenant Governor as chairperson of the committee.
The Order came in a petition filed by the Delhi government challenging the appointment of LG. The AAP government said it was unconstitutional to appoint an “unelected figurehead who does not have any authority to act on his own except on the aid and advice of the elected Delhi government”.
