Katju attacks Kejriwal over ‘holy city’ promise to Amritsar
However, the SC refused to stay the operation of 4 August verdict of the high court and said it would rather list the matter for final hearing on 15 November.
However, the bench disagreed with preliminary objections raised by Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, who represented the Centre, to dismiss the appeals on the grounds that the pleas were supported by the affidavit of Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia instead of a Chief Secretary or a secretary. Just because you are the Deputy CM, you can not flout the Rules. LG has no qualification to govern Delhi.
Kejriwal alleged that whenever he said anything against the Badals, Amarinder threatened to throw him out of Punjab.
However, the bench also indicated that it might refer the matter to a larger bench.
The apex court issued notices to the Centre and the LG on Kejriwal government’s petitions against the Delhi HC verdict.
It is astonishing that despite all the sex scandals and bribery allegations that AAP has faced, Kejriwal managed to gather huge crowd in Punjab. “Today before paying obeisance I prayed before the Waheguru to give me strength to fight against drug abuse and continue the war against corruption in Amritsar as well as in Punjab”, he said. “After we form the government in Punjab, we will get cases lodged against them and send them to jail”, he said. “Our government will take the buses in its custody”, he said. Every day some order will be passed.
The government can not function, he said and pleaded for stay of at least the functions of this committee.
The committee has taken away all the files, then how will the government function without files, Subramaniam said. Access to justice could not be stopped and doing so was against legal jurisprudence. “This is what we have been reduced to”, Venugopal submitted.
A Bench comprising Justices AK Sikri and NV Ramana, however, sought the centre’s response to Arvind Kejriwal government’s appeal against a democratically elected government being subservient to a government appointed official – Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung. A total of seven appeals have been filed against the high court ruling, which upheld the powers of the Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) in matters of public order, land, police and services, including the power to appoint civil servants.
It had also held that the special constitutional provision Article 239AA dealing with Delhi does not “dilute” the effect of Article 239 which relates to Union Territory and hence, concurrence of the LG in administrative issues was “mandatory”.