Solicitor General Tushar Mehta claimed that the Aam Aadmi Partu was restoring to ‘theatrics’ and protests against the Lieutanant Governor when the question over the control of services in the national capital was pending adjudication before a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court.
The Solicitor General said that the Constitutional functionaries are staging protests. Mehta highlighted that, “Protests and Theatrics cannot substitute court proceedings”, adding to such protests happening in Delhi. The Court had to decide on the legal issue concerning the scope of legislative and executive powers of the Centre and Delhi Government over control of services in the National Capital.
The case was slated to be heard by a Constitution Bench after a three-judge bench in May 2022, had decided to send it to a larger bench on a request by the Central Government. In the landmark verdict, it had unanimously held that Delhi cannot be accorded the status of a state but clipped the powers of the L-G saying he has no “independent decision-making power” and has to act on the aid and advice of the elected government.