Delhi News: The hearing on the dispute between the Central Government (Modi Govt) and the Delhi Government (Delhi Govt) started in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, January 10. The Delhi government said in the court that if the government does not have control over the services, then it cannot work because keeping the bureaucrats apart will lead to neglect of governance and the officers will not be accountable to the people.
Senior advocate A.K., appearing for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government. Talking about increasing the role of Kejriwal government, M Singhvi also said that if it continues like this, the functioning of Delhi will come to a standstill on every minor issue. He said, “There is a famous saying in Hindi that ‘two swords cannot remain in one sheath'”.
Hearing in the Supreme Court on the issue of Delhi
Let us tell you that, in the Supreme Court, a 5-member constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud heard the dispute between the Center and Delhi government regarding the control of services. The constitution bench also included Justice MR Shah, Justice Krishna Murari, Justice Hima Kohli and Justice PS Narasimha.
officials must be held accountable
During the hearing, advocate A. M Singhvi, appearing for the Kejriwal government, requested that the government officials working in the National Capital Territory (NCT) must be made accountable to the people through the elected government.
Mention of these 3 subjects of the state in the hearing
In a day-long hearing on Tuesday, the Constitution Bench mentioned three state subjects such as public order, police and land, where the Delhi government cannot make a bill under Article 239AA (Special Provisions with respect to Delhi). The bench said, “You (Delhi government) have to accept one thing that entries 1 (public order), 2 (police) and 18 (land) (subjects in the State list) are beyond your purview. Therefore, if civil servants are posted in the departments related to them, then this will also be out of the purview of your rights.
The 7th Schedule of the Constitution has 3 lists including Union, State and Concurrent. The central and state governments have special rights to make laws on the subjects mentioned in the first two lists. At the outset, senior advocate Harish Salve said that some IAS officers have filed a petition in the matter and it needs to be heard. The bench accepted the argument.
