Senior Advocate Gopal Subramanium today continued his submissions before the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court in the case pertaining to the powers of the Delhi government and the Lieutenant Governor..Here is a short summary of his arguments made thus far:.Constitution is interpreted differently by the Supreme Court today than it was during the initial yearsNo Constituent principle can be interpreted to defeat what is intrinsic to the PreambleThe Supreme Court has held that there can be no governance without a CabinetThe emphasis of decisions like Kesavananda Bharti is on the individualThe individual should get the benefit of governance, as per the Constitution..The matter, which involves the balance of powers between the Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Region (NCR) and the elected state government, was heard today by a Constitution Bench of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and Justices AK Sikri, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan..On the last date of hearing, Subramanium had submitted that an elected government cannot be sans power. He went on to shed light on the proviso to Article 239AA of the Constitution, arguing that it should be interpreted harmoniously..More updates to follow.
