SC verdict on Delhi CM vs L-G: Kejriwal has last laugh in the court battle

SC says Lieutenant Governor is not administrative head of the national capital

Politics in Delhi is set to take a new turn with the Supreme Court ruling that the Lieutenant Governor (LG) must act on the advice of the elected city government.

There is jubilation in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which forms the city government but was hitherto considered legally subordinate to the LG. The ruling overturns the earlier high court order that Delhi is a Union Territory (UT) and the LG its administrative head.

This will have ramifications for other UTs – there is a tug of war in Puducherry between a pro-active LG, Kiran Bedi, and the elected chief