A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been moved in the Delhi High Court and seeks direction from the Director General of Prisons to make arrangements for efficient governance of Delhi by allowing CM Arvind Kejriwal to hold video conferencing interactions with assembly members and cabinet ministers. The plea also seeks direction from the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to restrain the media from airing alleged misleading headlines related to imposing the President’s rule in the national capital.
The petition moved by one Shrikant Prasad stated that neither the Consitution of India nor any law prohibits any minister including the chief minister from governing the government from the prison complex by staying in judical custody.
Recently, the Delhi High Court dismissed three public interest litigations that sought directions to remove Arvind Kejriwal from the post of Chief Minister.
Dismissing one of the petitions, which was filed by the former Cabinet Minister of Delhi, the Court also decided to impose a fine of Rs 50,000 on the petitioner and stated, “Stop making a mockery of the system. Costs are the only way to curb such petitions.”
The bench of Justice Manmohan and Jusitce Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora also showed displeasure with the petitioner and stated that the Governor would take a call on this issue: “We won’t. Don’t give political speeches in court. You’re trying to involve us in the political thicket,” the Justice said.
An ex-minister in the AAP government and former MLA has recently filed a petition in the Delhi High Court seeking the removal of Kejriwal from the post of Chief Minister. The petition claims a writ of quo-warranto against the jailed CM, alleging that he has incurred the incapacity to keep the post of Chief Minister of Delhi after his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in Excise Policy.
