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The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 created the Union Territory of Delhi from its predecessor, the Chief Commissioner's Province of Delhi. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] The Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1991 declared the Union Territory of Delhi to be formally known as the National Capital Territory of Delhi. [ 45 ]
Apr 29, 2022 · In 1989, the Balakrishnan Committee, set up by the Union Government in 1987, submitted its recommendations on the administrative status to be conferred on Delhi. The Report, headed by civil servant S. Balakrishnan, recommended that Delhi should continue to remain a Union Territory. However, alongside this, a Legislative Assembly and Council of ...
Nov 1, 2013 · On August 15, 1947, New Delhi became the capital of a free India. With The States Reorganisation Act, 1956, coming into force on November 1 of that year, Delhi became a union territory. In 1991 ...
Delhi. Delhi, [a] officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its right bank, Delhi shares borders with the state of Uttar Pradesh in the east and with the state of Haryana in ...
- Introduction
- Why Is Delhi A Union Territory?
- How Did The Union Territory of Delhi Get This Special Status?
- Need For Amendment
- Incidents That Deteriorate The Healthy Relationship Between Governments
- Supreme Court Interpretation of Article 239AA
- Elected Government’S Reaction to The Supreme Court’S Verdict
- Amendments Made in Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991
- Critical Analysis
- Observation of The Amendment Act
The much-needed legislation to resolve the tussle of power between the Government of NCT Delhi and its Lieutenant Governor was passed by the parliament on 28th March 2021 under the name “Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Amendment Act 2021” (hereinafter referred to as “GNCTD Amendment Act”) which came into force on 27thApril 2021. T...
Delhi is a Union Territory because it is the capital of the sovereign nation, India. If you look at the capital of various countries around the world, then you will observe in the majority of cases that capitals are usually governed by the Central Governments. Thinking logically also it sounds correct because capital belongs to the entire nation, t...
In the initial years of Republic India, the union territory of Delhi had a special status among other Union Territories of India because it had its own Legislative Assembly from 1952 to 1956, which was constituted under section 3 of “Government of Part C States Act 1951”. However,the“State Reorganisation Act 1956”, abolished the Legislative Assembl...
The healthy relationship that existed between the central government and the government of NCT of Delhi since 1993 underwent a major change in the year 2013 when the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) entered the politics of Delhi. The political rivalry and difference in ideologies of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led central government and AAP led government of...
Following are the few incidents which manifest how the central government through LG interferes and obstructs the day-to-day administration of NCT of Delhi and how the Delhi government obstructs the implementation of central policies in NCT of Delhi: – 1. After the victory of the 2015 legislative assembly elections, the AAP led Delhi government pas...
In case of Govt. of NCT Delhi v. Union of India, 2018 Supreme Court (see here) The five-judge Constitutional bench of Hon’ble Supreme Court presided over by then CJI Deepak Mishrainterpreted Article 239AA of the constitution which relates to the structure of governance in NCT of Delhi and held that “LG is an administrative head in the limited sense...
The elected government of Delhi, encouraged by the verdict of the Supreme Court in Government of NCT Delhi vs. Union of India, 2018 had stopped communicating with the LG about the decisions of the cabinet. Such decisions were communicated to the LG only when they were implemented on the ground. Such interpretation of the Supreme Court verdict is no...
The GNCTD Amendment Act, 2021 makes the following amendmentsin the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991: – 1. Inserted sub-section (3) in section 21 which states that the term “Government” used in any law, which will be made by the Legislative Assembly, shall mean the government of LG. 2. Amendment to section 24 states that L...
Passing GNCTD Amendment Act 2021is a great step by the central government to resolve the tussle of power between the elected government of Delhi and the LG. This amendment not only crystalizes that the ultimate power to govern Delhi rests with LG but also clarifies the ambiguities by specifying the powers and responsibilities of the LG and the elec...
On digging deep into the amendments made by the GNCTD Amendment Act 2021, it is observed: – 1. Amendment to Section 21 – Referring to LG as the “Government of Delhi” and giving sweeping powers to the LG over the elected government of Delhi is not only against the basic structure of our constitution but also against the verdict given by the constitu...
- Rachit Garg
Dec 27, 2023 · The judgment of the majority [New Delhi Municipal Council v State of Punjab] also holds that all Union Territories are not situated alike. The first category consists of Union Territories which have no legislature at all. The second category has legislatures created by a law enacted by Parliament under the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963.
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Dec 22, 2023 · By The Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, the territories were declared to be Union Territories. Himachal Pradesh and Tripura also joined the list of Union Territories along with Delhi, Manipur, and the Andaman and Nicobar islands. In the years to come, the original list of Union Territories would undergo several changes.
