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Is Delhi the national capital of India? Kejriwal govt asks SC

During the hearing of pleas on who has the power to govern Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal government posed this question to Supreme Court on Tuesday

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Has the Constitution of India or any law declared Delhi as the capital of India? 

During the hearing of pleas on who has the power to govern Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal government asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday, reports Times of India

Senior advocate Indira Jaising was representing Delhi while a bench constituted by Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A K Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandradhud and Ashok Bhushan was hearing the case. 

"Capital is not defined by any law. Tomorrow, the Centre can decide to move the capital to somewhere else. The Constitution also does not say

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