Delhi Lt Governor Not Same As Governor, Activist Medha Patkar Tells Court
NDTV
Social activist Medha Patkar on Thursday opposed in a Gujarat court Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena's plea seeking that the trial against him in a 2002 case of alleged assault on her be kept in abeyance.
Social activist Medha Patkar on Thursday opposed in a Gujarat court Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena's plea seeking that the trial against him in a 2002 case of alleged assault on her be kept in abeyance on grounds of immunity provided to him under the Constitution, holding his post is not equivalent to a Governor.
In her reply to Mr Saxena's plea before the court of metropolitan magistrate P C Goswami in Ahmedabad that is hearing the case, the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader insisted that immunity provided under Article 361 of the Constitution to certain top functionaries is not available to the Lieutenant Governor (LG).
The matter will be next heard on March 15.
Mr Saxena, who became the Delhi LG in May 2022, is an accused, along with three others in a case of alleged attack on Ms Patkar for opposing the Narmada dam project.
