Supreme Court of India

Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 10 S.C.R. 493
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 20 July 2023

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered opinion that the dispo sal of the writ petition requires this Court to answer a substantial question of law as to the interpretation of the Constitution.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Ordinance 2023: Constitutional validity of – Pream ble to the NCT Ordinance 2023 states that Parliament ha s exclusive and plenary jurisdiction with respect to the national capital in view of Arts 239-AA(3)(b) and 239-AA(7) – NCT Ordinance ins erting s. 3A in the GNCTD Act, which amends Article 239-AA, s tipulating that the Legislative Assembly shall have the power to enact laws as prescribed in Art 239-AA, except with respect to Entry 41 of List II of the Seventh Schedule – NCT Ordinance also establis hes a new scheme for the

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