Delhi government moves SC to withdraw 7 cases filed during previous AAP regime

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Delhi government on Thursday approached the Supreme Court seeking to withdraw seven cases filed under the previous Aam Aadmi Party regime that had challenged the lieutenant governor’s authority in several statutory bodies, PTI reported.

Among the cases the Delhi government is seeking to withdraw is an appeal that had been filed by the Aam Aadmi Party administration against a National Green Tribunal order appointing the lieutenant governor as the head of the Solid Waste Monitoring Committee, according to Live Law.

The matter was mentioned on Thursday before a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati.

Bhati told the court that the government is seeking to withdraw cases related to an ordinance, a law, and the lieutenant governor's chairpersonship in certain committees, which the court “need not trouble itself with” any longer.

At her request, the bench listed all seven matters for Friday.

AAP government’s plea against NGT order

In an order issued in February, 2023, the principal bench of the National Green Tribunal in New Delhi appointed the Delhi lieutenant governor as the chairperson of the Solid Waste Monitoring Committee for overseeing solid waste management in the national capital.

The Aam Aadmi Party government had filed the appeal against this, contending that appointing the lieutenant governor as...

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