"Sad No One Cares": Supreme Court To Delhi, Lt Governor On Key Appointment
NDTV
Informed about a lack of consensus, the Supreme Court has decided that it will appoint the chief of the city's power regulator. The court has also referred the Delhi ordinance issue to a Constitution Bench.
Hearing the interlinked issues of the Delhi ordinance on bureaucrats and the appointment of the chief of the city's power regulator - which have been at the centre of the face-off between the Delhi government and the Lieutenant Governor - the Supreme Court referred the ordinance question to a Constitution Bench and decided to make the appointment itself.
When the Supreme Court was informed today that the AAP-ruled Delhi government and the LG had failed to arrive at a consensus on one name for the head of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC), the bench said "it is sad no one cares about the institution" and decided that it will make the appointment.
Senior Advocate Harish Salve, appearing for the LG, suggested that the President has appointed a DERC chairperson and the court should either grant an injunction against the chairman or let him continue.
