Why every Delhi govt-LG dispute landing here: SC

Every dispute between the Delhi government and the Lieutenant Governor need not come to the Supreme Court, the apex court remarked on Friday while transferring a petition filed by Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR), a statutory body under the Delhi government, to the Delhi high court for considering their challenge against the freezing of funds by the LG's office.

- Abraham Thomas

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud asked, "Why is every dispute, all and sundry, coming to the Supreme Court?" as the DCPCR told the court that due to LG's decision to conduct an audit, a statutory body was unable to function independently, and by freezing its funds, the welfare measures intended for six million children in the city were in jeopardy.

The bench, also comprising justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, said, "Yesterday, we dealt with a similar matter regarding services of bus marshals in Delhi Transport Corporation buses. We asked them to go to the high court.

You also go to the high court." Presently, there are two petitions pending before the top court where the Delhi government has challenged two separate orders passed by the National Green Tribunal appointing LG VK Saxena as the head of an interdepartmental committee to tackle pollution in Yamuna river in one case and in another case as head of a high level committee to deal with solid waste management in the Capital.