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AAP govt has power over Delhi services: SC
Updated On: 12 May, 2023 08:14 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Legislative and executive powers over public order, police and land remain under central govt, clears apex court
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AAP leaders and supporters celebrate outside the Delhi Secretariat after the Supreme Court’s ruling, in New Delhi, on Thursday. Pic/PTI
In a significant victory for the AAP government, the Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a unanimous verdict, ruling that the Delhi government has legislative and executive powers over administration of services, except for public order, police and land.
Asserting that an elected government needs to have control over bureaucrats, a five-judge constitution bench, headed by SJI D Y Chandrachud, refused to agree with the 2019 judgment of Justice Ashok Bhushan that the Delhi government has no power over the issue of services.
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