Control on services must since Delhi is the national capital: Centre

The control over the bureaucracy in Delhi is a matter of national importance since it is the Capital of the country, the Union government told the Supreme Court on Tuesday, but the judges asked if such an arrangement – in which the Centre alone can effect transfers – dilutes the functional control of the elected government in the city. The exchange was during a hearing on Tuesday before a Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud into whether the Delhi government can exercise legislative or executive...