The Supreme Court has said that it will constitute a bench after the Dussehra vacation to decide upon the legal dispute between the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD), ruled by the Aam Aadmi Party, and the Union Government relating to control of services.
Mamata Banerjee won the Bhabanipur bypoll by a record margin of 58,835 votes defeating BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal. After the win, the West Bengal Chief Minister said, "This is my third victory from Bhabanipur. In 2011, I won the bypoll by a margin of over 54,000 votes.
The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice upon a plea alleging that the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations, recently organised in the capital by the Delhi Government, is in violation of the constitutional mandate.
The Central Government informed the Supreme Court that the claim of the Aam Aadmi Party regarding the launch of the ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ (ONORC) plan in the NCT of Delhi is “misleading”, as they have claimed to implement it only in Circle 63 Seemapuri with only a handful of transactions.
A petition has been filed in Delhi High Court saying AAP Ballimaran MLA Imran Hussain is hoarding oxygen cylinders which are scarce in the city due to the coronavirus surge. The petition said the AAP Facebook handle had put out a post.
The city was placed under total curfew/lockdown by the Aam Aadmi Party’s state government till April 26, in view of the exploding number of Coronavirus cases in the state.