The ordinance can not change Supreme Court’s verdict and it is doubtful whether it will be passed in Parliament, advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi said.
The ordinance that the government issued to overturn the Supreme Court verdict in which it lost power over the National Capital Territory to the Delhi government is an act of a ‘bad, poor and graceless loser’, advocate and Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said. “Greater doubt whether Parliament as a whole will at all approve it,” Singhvi who represented the Delhi government in the years-long legal tussle commented.
How can the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court be nullified by ordinance, Singhvi asked. “Basis of Constitution Bench was federalism; critical, unique, NCT status under 239AA not being a mere UT; autonomy of elected govt; CS to be accountable to elected govt…none can be changed by Ordinance,” the senior advocate asked.
Delhi ordinance act of bad, poor, graceless loser: Advocate Abhishek Singhvi
