SC defers prime appointment amid power tussle between Delhi govt, Center

The Supreme Court on Monday deferred the oath-taking ceremony of DERC chairperson-designate Justice (retd) Umesh Kumar and sought responses from the Centre and the office of the Lieutenant Governor on a plea of the Delhi government challenging the law governing such an appointment.

“The administering of oath to the former judge of Allahabad High Court (as DERC chairperson) stands deferred,” said a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha.