The Delhi Mayoral election that was supposed to take place on February 16 has been moved up to February 17, when the Supreme Court will hear an appeal from the Aam Aadmi Party regarding the way the election was conducted.
A bench consisting of Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala decided to hear the petition by AAP and its mayoral candidate Shelly Oberoi on February 17 due to a lack of time on Monday. Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Sanjay Jain, who appeared for the office of the Lieutenant Governor, informed the bench of this.
Are you opposing the idea that the members who were nominated shouldn't cast ballots? the CJI questioned the ASG during the brief session. "That's really well settled," he continued. The constitutional language is explicit in that regard.
The respondent's senior attorney, Maninder Singh, argued that they should be given the chance to persuade the court that the nominated members might be permitted to vote under the terms of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act.
They "become full fledged members" in accordance with the provisions that permit them to serve on the standing committee, etc., according to Singh.
The committee, according to Justice Narasimha, is a different part of the case.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader's representative, senior attorney A M Singhvi, said that the nominees are not allowed to vote in the company. "They can in the standing committee."
Three times before, there was a fracas in the House and the election for Delhi Mayor was postponed because AAP and BJP members couldn't agree on whether nominated members should be allowed to vote.
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