# NEWS REEL ….. GENERAL – 517. Delhi govt: SC adjourns hearing in AAP plea to Nov 11 NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on a petition filed by the Aam Aadmi Party over the dissolution of the Delhi Assembly and calling of fresh elections in the capital till November 11. The court was to decide on the AAP’s petition today. Meanwhile, news agencies said that Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung will continue discussions with the BJP, the AAP and the Congress over how to go about installing a new government in the capital.The SC called the Lt Governor’s move to consult all parties over the formation of the government ‘a positive move’. In effect, this gives Najeeb Jung more time to consult with various parties the possibility of forming a new government. The apex court also said that there could be a minority government installed in Delhi with outside support of some political party. If the government cannot be formed, then the LG will inform the President. Since February, when the Arvind Kejriwal-led government suddenly quit after being in power for 49 days, the Delhi Assembly has been under President’s Rule. The Supreme Court’s five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu, on Tuesday, had pulled up the Delhi Lt Governor and the Central government for having failed to provide any breakthrough over how a new government would be put in place in the national capital. The court had said that Presidents Rule cannot be imposed indefinitely in a democracy and the people had a right to an elected government. The Supreme Court had slammed the Central government after it informed the court that the President had finally given his approval to the Lt Governor’s proposal to invite the Bharatiya Janata Party to form the government in Delhi. The Centre was also censured for the delay and questioned the motive behind not forming a government in Delhi at the earliest. The BJP does not have even a simple majority to form a stable government in Delhi, but is the single largest party in the state. The LG’s proposal was to seek consent to call the single largest party to form a ‘popular government’ in the capital.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:28:10 +0000
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