Plea in HC for removal of counsel appointed by AAP government

A plea was today filed in the Delhi High Court seeking setting aside of appointment of Rahul Mehra as senior standing counsel for the city government.
The petition, which termed the appointment as "illegal" on the ground that the post of senior standing counsel "doesn't exist in the eyes of the law", was today mentioned before a bench of Justices B D Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva for urgent hearing.
"There is no such urgency. It will be listed in due course," the bench said.
The petition, which sought quashing of the notification issued by the Delhi government with regard to the appointment of Mehra and other panel counsel of Delhi government, said it was "bad in law as the same is in violation of the Constitution of India".

"The Department Of Law, Justice And Legislative Affairs issued notification...Appointed respondent No.5 (Rahul Mehra) as senior standing counsel for all matters of the Delhi...
"No Advertisement for the post, no terms and conditions for appointment, no criteria, no eligibility was made. No sanction obtained from the Lt Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi...," the petition filed by advocate Chetan Dutt said.
It said the judicial review of the notification was mandatory and required in law.