Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Anil Baijal has disapproved the panel of senior advocates constituted by the Delhi Government to conduct cases on its behalf before the Delhi High Court and give legal opinions..A letter addressed to the Chief Secretary of Delhi by the Principal Secretary to the Lt. Governor, states that the empanelment was without the prior approval of the Lt. Governor..It is further stated that the empanelment was not done in the manner prescribed under Section 44 (2) of the GNCTD Act and was also not authenticated in the manner provided under Section 44 (3) of the Act..The Government of Delhi had constituted a panel of 13 senior advocates in 2017 which included the likes of Indira Jaising, Colin Gonsalves, Rebecca John, Anoop George Chaudhari and Anand Grover..Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal took to twitter against the rejection of empanelment and stated that the said rejection is completely illegal. He further stated that as per the constitution the Lt. Governor can only express his opinion and cannot reject any Government proposal..Read Letter.Hat Tip: Jatin Anand @JatinPaul
Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Anil Baijal has disapproved the panel of senior advocates constituted by the Delhi Government to conduct cases on its behalf before the Delhi High Court and give legal opinions..A letter addressed to the Chief Secretary of Delhi by the Principal Secretary to the Lt. Governor, states that the empanelment was without the prior approval of the Lt. Governor..It is further stated that the empanelment was not done in the manner prescribed under Section 44 (2) of the GNCTD Act and was also not authenticated in the manner provided under Section 44 (3) of the Act..The Government of Delhi had constituted a panel of 13 senior advocates in 2017 which included the likes of Indira Jaising, Colin Gonsalves, Rebecca John, Anoop George Chaudhari and Anand Grover..Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal took to twitter against the rejection of empanelment and stated that the said rejection is completely illegal. He further stated that as per the constitution the Lt. Governor can only express his opinion and cannot reject any Government proposal..Read Letter.Hat Tip: Jatin Anand @JatinPaul