SC pulls up Delhi LG over MCD panel election

“Where do you get the power to interdict it (the election) under Section 487, especially when it is the matter of the election of a member of the standing committee? What was the tearing hurry that you wanted it within two days? What happens to the democratic process if you keep interfering like this?” a bench of justices PS Narasimha and R Mahadevan asked LG’s lawyer, senior counsel Sanjay Jain.

Issuing a notice on Oberoi’s petition that challenges this election, the court also orally told the LG not to proceed with the election of the chairman of the standing committee until the petition is heard after two weeks.

“Do you propose to hold the election soon? If you hold elections, we are telling you, we will take it seriously,” the bench told Jain.