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The recent Supreme Court ruling about the limitations of the powers of Lt. Governor of Delhi vis-à-vis the Chief Minister of Delhi has been making news. In this case, who out of the following was one of the defence counsels for Aam Aadmi Party ?
Answer: B
The answer is P. Chidambaram.
The case was Government of NCT of Delhi v. Union of India, decided by a five-judge Constitution Bench on 4 July 2018. It held that the Lieutenant Governor is bound by the aid and advice of the elected Council of Ministers in matters within the Delhi Assembly's competence, and has no independent decision-making power except where he refers a difference of opinion to the President.
The Delhi Government, headed by the Aam Aadmi Party, was represented by a team of senior advocates that included P. Chidambaram, Gopal Subramanium, Rajeev Dhavan and Indira Jaising. Ram Jethmalani's link with the party in this period was a different matter, his defence of Arvind Kejriwal personally in a defamation suit. Of the four senior advocates named, the key identifies Chidambaram as the one who argued for the Delhi Government in the Lieutenant Governor case.
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