NEW DELHI: Supreme Court docket on Monday upheld Delhi lieutenant governor’s resolution to appoint 10 ‘aldermen’ to the municipal company of Delhi, with out consulting the state cupboard.
In a setback to the Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP)-led Delhi authorities, a bench of CJ D Y Chandrachud, and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala dominated that the Parliament has statutorily conferred on LG the ability to appoint 10 aldermen to MCD.
Writing the judgment, Justice Narasimha mentioned as soon as such energy is conferred on LG, the AAP authorities cannot have a say on this subject.
Final 12 months, the highest court docket mentioned giving the LG the ability to appoint aldermen to the MCD would imply he might destabilize an elected civic physique. The MCD has 250 elected and 10 nominated members.
In December 2022, AAP defeated the BJP within the civic elections, profitable 134 wards and ending the saffron celebration’s 15-year run on the helm of the MCD. BJP gained 104 seats and Congress completed a distant third with 9.
In a setback to the Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP)-led Delhi authorities, a bench of CJ D Y Chandrachud, and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala dominated that the Parliament has statutorily conferred on LG the ability to appoint 10 aldermen to MCD.
Writing the judgment, Justice Narasimha mentioned as soon as such energy is conferred on LG, the AAP authorities cannot have a say on this subject.
Final 12 months, the highest court docket mentioned giving the LG the ability to appoint aldermen to the MCD would imply he might destabilize an elected civic physique. The MCD has 250 elected and 10 nominated members.
In December 2022, AAP defeated the BJP within the civic elections, profitable 134 wards and ending the saffron celebration’s 15-year run on the helm of the MCD. BJP gained 104 seats and Congress completed a distant third with 9.
