Legal experts welcome verdict

New Delhi: Legal experts have hailed the Supreme Court’s judgment on Delhi government, saying it has unfolded the objective of election and the power of the elected representatives.

While former Attorney-General Soli Sorabjee rued that daily squabbles between the Lieutenant-Governor and the Chief Minister were not good for democracy, senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi hailed the verdict saying it unfolded the objective of election that governance should be carried out through people’s representatives.

“It’s a good verdict by the Supreme Court. The L-G and the Delhi Government have to work harmoniously. They can’t always have confrontation. Daily squabbles are not good for democracy. I welcome the decision,” Mr. Sorabjee said.

KTS Tulsi, senior lawyer and Rajya Sabha member of the Congress, termed the verdict the strongest indictment of the Union government, and hoped it would end the “sad chapter of confrontation” between the Delhi government and the Lieutenant-Governor that had led to a situation where the city dispensation was not allowed to perform.

“Strongest indictment of the Central government being not having permitted the State to function, the government of Delhi to function even in areas which are not reserved. The L-G was entirely wrong in not abiding by the decisions of the Cabinet even in areas other than the reserved subjects,” he said.