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Management of oath to Justice Umesh Kumar as DERC chairperson stands deferred: Splendid Court docket

By way of PTI

NEW DELHI:  The Splendid Court docket on Monday deferred the oath-taking rite of DERC chairperson-designate Justice (retd) Umesh Kumar and sought responses from the Centre and the place of work of the Lieutenant Governor on a plea of the Delhi govt difficult the regulation governing such an appointment.

“The administering of oath to the previous pass judgement on of Allahabad Top Court docket (as DERC chairperson) stands deferred,” stated a bench comprising Leader Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha.

The highest courtroom additionally issued notices to the Centre and the place of work of the LG at the plea which additionally challenged the notification issued by means of the Ministry of House Affairs appointing Justice Kumar because the DERC (Delhi Electrical energy Regulatory Fee) chairperson.

The courtroom has now mounted the plea of the Delhi govt for listening to on July 11 and requested the Centre and others to report their responses to the petition an afternoon ahead of.

On July 3, Lieutenant Governor V Okay Saxena urged Leader Minister Arvind Kejriwal to finish the oath-taking workout of Justice Kumar via video conferencing, after the development used to be postponed because of Energy Minister Atishi’s “in poor health well being”.

The appointment of the DERC chairperson has resulted in an influence tussle between the Delhi govt and the place of work of the LG

NEW DELHI:  The Splendid Court docket on Monday deferred the oath-taking rite of DERC chairperson-designate Justice (retd) Umesh Kumar and sought responses from the Centre and the place of work of the Lieutenant Governor on a plea of the Delhi govt difficult the regulation governing such an appointment.

“The administering of oath to the previous pass judgement on of Allahabad Top Court docket (as DERC chairperson) stands deferred,” stated a bench comprising Leader Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha.

The highest courtroom additionally issued notices to the Centre and the place of work of the LG at the plea which additionally challenged the notification issued by means of the Ministry of House Affairs appointing Justice Kumar because the DERC (Delhi Electrical energy Regulatory Fee) chairperson.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

The courtroom has now mounted the plea of the Delhi govt for listening to on July 11 and requested the Centre and others to report their responses to the petition an afternoon ahead of.

On July 3, Lieutenant Governor V Okay Saxena urged Leader Minister Arvind Kejriwal to finish the oath-taking workout of Justice Kumar via video conferencing, after the development used to be postponed because of Energy Minister Atishi’s “in poor health well being”.

The appointment of the DERC chairperson has resulted in an influence tussle between the Delhi govt and the place of work of the LG