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The Delhi high court on Wednesday refused to direct the Union government to act against chief minister Atishi for allowing senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia and his family to use a Mathura Road bungalow allotted to her for 19 months, despite Sisodia's resignation as deputy chief minister following his arrest in connection with alleged irregularities in the Delhi excise policy 2021-22.

- Shruti Kakkar

NEW DELHI:

Hearing a petition filed by social worker Sanjeev Jain, a bench of acting chief justice Vibhu Bakhru stated that the relevant authorities were competent to act against Atishi, in case of violation of rules.

"We do not consider it apposite to pass such orders. In case the rules have been violated, the concerned authorities are fully entitled to take action," the court said.

In March 2023, the Delhi Public Works Department (PWD) allotted the AB-17, Mathura Road bungalow—previously occupied by Sisodia—to Atishi after she was elevated as a minister in the state cabinet. PWD made the decision after Sisodia resigned as deputy chief minister following his arrest in the excise policy case.