Delhi govt can't be party in city-related proceedings: HC told

The Delhi High Court today sought response of the Centre and the AAP government on an issue that in legal proceedings related to administration of the national capital, Delhi government was not required to be made a party.
The issue was raised before a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Ashutosh Kumar by a lawyer who said he wanted to remove Delhi government as a party from all the petitions he has filed in view of section 52(b) of the Government Of National Capital Territory Of Delhi Act, 1991.
As per the section, all suits and proceedings in connection with the administration of the capital shall be instituted by or against the government of India, advocate Anil Aggarwal said.

The court listed all the connected petitions of the lawyer for hearing on September 7 after the counsel for Delhi government said that a bench of the Chief Justice was going to deliver a verdict on whether the elected government or the Lieutenant Governor would administer the national capital.
In his petitions, Aggarwal has challenged constitutional validity of various authorities, including Delhi Development Authority, Delhi Jal Board, Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board, among others, saying that the problems handled by these bodies are to be managed by the municipal corporations.