New Delhi: Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor (L-G) is bound to listen to the city’s democratically elected government and cannot act independently, said the Supreme Court this morning, prompting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government to claim victory against the Centre over administrative control of the national capital.
“The L-G is bound by the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers,” said a Five-Judge Bench in a majority verdict after hearing appeals filed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s government against a Delhi High Court judgment declaring L-G as the sole administrator of the city.
