SC clarifies roles of Delhi govt and L-G, but will this end the tussle?

The judgment leaves out certain loopholes which 'a bad lot' may yet exploit. The circumstances in which the L-G may have a difference of opinion with the government remain unclear

Delhi’s greatest poet, Ghalib, once wrote, “Har ek baat pe kehtey ho ki tu kya hai. Tum hi kaho, ye andaaz-e- guftagu kya hai”. (On every aspect you ask me, 'what exactly are you'? You please tell me, is this a way to converse?). Delhi’s appointed Lieutenant Governor (L-G) and its elected chief minister, seemed to have been re-enacting this verse for the last three years. A judgment delivered by the Supreme Court on Wednesday has clarified their respective roles in the Constitutional scheme of things.

Background

A Capital is the seat of the national government. It is also a