Supreme Court upholds extension of Delhi Chief Secretary's tenure

The tenure of the current Delhi Chief Secretary was scheduled to end on Nov 30

The tenure of the current Delhi Chief Secy was scheduled to end on Nov 30

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the Centre's decision to extend the tenure of Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar by six months. The tenure of the current Delhi Chief Secretary was scheduled to end on November 30.

During the hearing, the top court said that the Centre's decision was not violative of Constitutional distribution of powers.

The Centre is empowered to extend the tenure of the Chief Secretary who deals with police, land, and public order, which are beyond the Delhi government's ambit, the top court noted.

The court also said that the judgement was based on "prima facie view" and that an evaluation of the legal and constitutional principles would be done by the five-judge constitution bench.