India Govt passes ordinance to nullify court decision favouring Delhi state govt

The Aam Aadmi Party (transl. Common Man's Party; abbr. AAP) is a political party in India. It was founded in November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement. AAP won the election in 2013 and since then is ruling Delhi (National Capital of India) after winning 62 seats out of 70 in 2020. [1]

Because Delhi is a union territory, BJP's centre government was controlling the appointment of bureaucrats in Delhi through Lieutenant Governor. In 2015, AAP went to court against it stating that Delhi should be governed by democratically elected government and not by the unelected.

After an eight-year-long legal battle between the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government and the BJP led Centre government, the Supreme Court ruled on May 11 that the Delhi government has legislative and executive powers over administrative services in the national capital. [2]

In an obvious bid to nullify Supreme Court’s decision to hand over the reins of ‘Services’ – that is, the power to transfer bureaucrats posted to Delhi – the centre government of Modi/BJP passed an Ordinance on Friday afternoon, May 19. [3]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aam_Aadmi_Party

[2] https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-law/su...

[3] https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-law/de...