more-inThe Centre completed its arguments in the spat over the administrative governance of the National Capital on Thursday while underlining that the executive power rested completely with it. A five-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra had orally indicated that there should be a harmonious relationship between the Lieutenant Governor and the Delhi government. The court had said that the difference of opinion between the two should not be trivial or contrived. The Centre had argued that it too was a government by the people. There was nothing undemocratic about the Union government and the President, through the Lieutenant Governor, exercising complete executive power over the National Capital, the Union argued.

Source: The Hindu November 30, 2017 16:23 UTC