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Baijal invoked Article 239AA(4) of the Indian Constitution and referred the dispute to the President, citing “differences of opinion” with the elected government.

Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal Thursday overturned the Delhi Cabinet’s decision to appoint a panel of lawyers of its own choice to argue the February riots cases in the High Court and Supreme Court.

Baijal summoned Article 239AA(4) of the Indian Constitution and alluded the contest to the President, referring to “contrasts of supposition” with the chosen government. Then, the board of legal counselors picked by the Delhi Police and endorsed by Baijal will contend the cases.

“The L-G summoned exceptional forces conceded to him under the Constitution. The Home Department has been requested to affirm the board picked by the Delhi Police. The Delhi government will currently need to actualize the request at any expense as it is commanded by the Constitution,” a CM office explanation said.

The north-east Delhi riots killed 53 individuals between February 23 and February 26. There were scores of wounds, far-reaching incendiarism, and harms to business sectors.

The Delhi Police, with the LG’s sponsorship, had proposed to the AAP government to choose six senior legal advisors including specialist general of India Tushar Mehta and extra specialist general Aman Lekhi as Special Public Prosecutors in the HC and SC in 85 cases identified with the mobs and hostile to CAA – fights.

The legislature had contradicted the proposition after which the issue was put before the Cabinet keep going Tuesday dependent on the bearings of the L-G, who couldn’t conjure Article 239AA(4) till the Cabinet had taken a situation on the issue.

The Cabinet had expectedly dismissed the board picked by the police, saying “there have been charges that the examinations of Delhi Police in these cases are one-sided and not unbiased. The legal executive has additionally offered unfavorable comments against Delhi Police examinations on a few events. Thusly, so as to guarantee that all realities are introduced under the steady gaze of the Hon’ble judges, it is amazingly important that the administration advocates are autonomous of the Police.”