Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (Source: File photo) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (Source: File photo)The Delhi High Court on Thursday set aside the Aam Aadmi party government’s notification to appoint 21 MLA’s as Parliamentary secretaries after the AAP conceded that the decision had been taken without concurrence of the LG. “Accordingly, without going into other contentions raised in the writ petition, the impugned order is set aside,” held the bench. During brief arguments on behalf of the central government, ASG Sanjay Jain and advocate Jasmeet Singh said that the post of parliamentary secretaries falls within “office of profit” as defined in earlier Supreme court judgments. The PIL has also raised the issue of whether the government could have appointed MLAs as parliamentary secretaries through an executive order and without the proper authorisation from the Delhi L-G. The EC had reserved its order on the issue on August 29 and is expected to take a decision soon.

Source: Indian Express September 08, 2016 12:56 UTC