New Delhi sources have made a statement that the Supreme Court today assured the AAP led Delhi government that it would consider setting up a five-judge constitution bench to decide its batch of appeals challenging the high court verdict holding the governor administrative head of the national capital territory.
Meanwhile a senior advocate Gopal Subramanium said a two judge bench had earlier referred the appeals to a constitution bench which is to be set up and the Delhi government had told the top court on February 2 that it has exclusive executive powers in relation to matters falling within the purview of the Legislative Assembly and neither the Centre nor the President or the LG could encroach on them.
Meanwhile the top court had on December 14 last year observed that the
Delhi government should have some powers, otherwise it cannot function and
previously on September 9 last year, the top court had refused to grant an
interim stay on the August 4 verdict of the Delhi High Court.
